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Where to Qo. == 

How to Qet There 

A GUIDE BOOK 

To Places, Historic and Beautiful, in Suffolk, 

Essex and Middlesex Counties, and How 

Reached by Cars on the Different 

Roads Radiating from the 

City of Boston. 



Fares^ Transfers^ Terminal Points^ Routes, Time, 
Distances, Connections and Points of Interest. 



Compiled by T. W. PRESTON. 



Lynn, Mass. 

the NICHOLS PRESS -THOS. P. NICHOLS. 

1894. 

Price, 25 Cents. 



Where to Qo. = = 

How to Get There 

A GUIDE BOOK 

To Places, Historic and Beautiful, in Suffolk, 
Essex and Middlesex Counties, and How- 
Reached BY Cars on the Different 
Roads Radiating from the 
City of Boston. 



GIVING 



Fares, Transfers, Terminal Poifits, Routes, Time, 
Distances, Connections and Points of Interest. 



Compiled by T. W. PRESTON. 



Lynn, Mass. 

THOS. P. NICHOLS. 

1894. 



Copyright, i8q4, by 
T. W. PRESTON, Lynn, Mass. 



Printed by 

The Nichols Press — Thos. P. Nichols. 






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N PRESExNTINC; the first edition of tliis 
work, we have taken especial pains to give 
nothing but accurate information, and to ac- 
complish this have ridden over all routes, and 
fully explored all the places herein named, 
getting the facts from proper sources. We would remind 
our readers that the three Counties, Essex, Middlesex and 
Suffolk, contain more than one-half the population of the 
twelve Counties of the State. The various routes laid 
down radiate from the city of Boston as a center, and ex- 
tend over the greater part of the above named Counties ; 
any extensions or improvements will be noted in. future 
editions. 

Presuming that you are entirely unacquainted with all 
details of routes, etc., we will endeavor to show, from per- 
sonal travel and observation, many places and things near 
our own homes, easily reached and at trifling expense. 

We will take an electric car (front seat if we can get it), 
kand accompany you over the line, noting all points of in- 
terest, showing all connecting lines, riding in each car, to 
the end of the route, commencing at the beginning of it, 
so as to get a better choice of seats. We will also make 
our readers acquainted with the boundaries between cities 
and towns, so that we can locate ourselves, and note any- 
thing that may occur. 



Where to Go— How to Get There. 



ROUTE No. I. 



Lynn to Boston. 

Taking my own city for a starting place, at Central Sq., 
we will board a cream-colored car (electric) west bound, 
marked Lynn on the dasher, and Lynn &^ Boston on the 
roof, and proceed via Andrew, Market and North Com- 
mon Sts,, to Western Ave., passing the immense brick car 
shed at West Lynn, with the General Electric River 
Works on the left. Crossing the Saugus River drawbridge, 
we enter Saugus, pass with uninterrupted speed over the 
marshes, until half way over we cross the road; at this 
point the town of Revere commences, and owns the half 
of the road that we leave on our left. 

Kevere. 

At Revere St., we enter that town ; here we meet a 
transfer car from Linden, or the Beach ; no fares are taken. 
Now we pass the Gleason House. At Central St., op- 
posite the Revere car sheds, we are five miles from Lynn, 
half way to Boston. Here the tracks branch to Crescent 
Beach, via Central Ave. to the left. We pass Fenno's 



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Hostelry on the left (on the corner of Beach St.), and the 
route of cars from Boston to Beachmont. 

Ascending the hill, on our left we pass the Town Hall, 
with its pillared front, flag staff and hay scales. 

After passing a half-mile row of sweet-scented linden 
trees on the left, we come to a stone bridge across the 
creek which divides Revere from 



Chelsea. 

We now continue Broadway through Chelsea; on our 
right beyond Revere Highlands rises Powder Horn Hill, 
where stands the Soldier's Home. 

After crossing the B. & M. R. R. bridge, on our right is 
the Roman Catholic church (which in 1848 was the only 
Catholic place of worship between Boston and Salem), and 
on the left the Fitz Library. Our next stop is Bellingham 
station; if riding from Lynn or Swampscott to Belling- 
ham, intending to take the East Boston and Chelsea car, 
you are required to pay only a ten-cent fare. Crossing 
diagonally, to our rear on our right is Washington Ave., 
the route of L. & B. R. R. electrics from Scollay Sq., for 
Woodlawn Cemetery. On the left the blue cars of West 
End run to the East Boston Ferry. We will return to 
this route later. 

Next we come to Chelsea Sq. (On our left we are a 
short distance from the Chelsea Ferry to Boston, foot of 
Hanover St.; a pretty trip, passing the Navy Yard; fare 
three cents). After passing the Naval Hospital we cross 
Chelsea Bridge over the Mystic River to 



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Charles town. 

Passing the granite walls of the Navy Yard on the 
left, our next point is Bunker Hill St. on the right; three 
minutes' walk takes you to Monument Ave., leading to 
Breed's Hill, where stands the great reminder of the strug- 
gle for Independence. Our next is City Square, 

Boston, 

Then Warren Bridge, over the Charles River, at its 
junction with the Mystic River. On the right is the new 
Union Station ; through Beverly St. to Haymarket Sq., 
and Sudbury St. to ScoUay Square. 

One hour, from West Lynn car house; ten miles; fare, 
fifteen cents. One hour, eighteen minutes, from Central 
Sq., Lynn ; one hour, thirty minutes, from Swampscott 
car house; fifteen miles; two fares for twenty-five cents. 

In our rides through Boston and surroundings, on the 
West End Road from point to point, the fares are five cents, 
except where specified in the heading by check. All cars 
belonging to the West End Co. in the city and suburbs, 
and all Lynn & Boston cars running into Boston, stop only 
at poles with white band, and never across an intersecting 
street. It will be important to remember this. 



ROUTE No. 2. 



Chelsea to Roxbury. 

0"M OUR way from Lynn to Chelsea (its Indian name 
is Winnissimet) at Bellingham Station, we see a track 



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branching to our left ; we board a blue car marked East 
Boston and Chelsea through to 

£ast Boston, 

(Formerly Noddles Island) over the bridge crossing 
Chelsea Creek, by Meridian St. to Central Square, and 
Liverpool St. to North Ferry, where you are supplied 
with checks (free) for the car on Boston side. On entering 
the boat through the waiting room, you pay one cent at 
the window on your left. Across the harbor is a short but 
pleasant trip ; landing at Battery Wharf, 

Boston, 

We board a yellow car, marked Old Heath St. on the 
roof, and East Boston and Chelsea on sides, and proceed 
by the way of Hanover St. to Scollay Sq. and Tremont 
St. As we approach Houghton & Button's, we see on our 
left the Boston Museum, the City Hall, (fronting on School 
St.) and the historic King's Chapel, with its burial ground. 
The massive marble structure on the opposite left corner 
is the Parker House; next is the grand old Tremont Tem- 
ple (now rebuilding) ; opposite, on the right, is the Tremont 
House, the old Granary Burial Ground (the resting place 
of Paul Revere, six Massachusetts Governors, and many 
prominent persons), and the venerable Park St. Church. 
Next is Boston Common. On the corner of Bromfield 
St. stands Horticultural Hall with its statued front, repre- 
senting the floral and agricultural arts. In rear of Hamil- 
ton Place, is Music Hall. Passing Winter St. from Tem- 
ple Place to Boylston St., excepting old St. Paul's with its 
pillared front, we are in a community of piano and sewing 



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machine establishments. On the corner of Boylston St. 
facing the Common is the Masonic Temple. Passing the 
junction of Shawmut Ave. on the left, and the circular 
building of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the white mar- 
ble Odd Fellows' Block, on the corner of Berkeley St., we 
enter a wide avenue, — the new Tremont St. On our left, 
are many elegant churches ; on the right, the Chickering 
Piano Factory, and Belt Line car sheds at West Lenox St. 
Our next point is Roxbury Crossing and depot of the 
Boston & Albany R. 'R. On the left of the railroad, and 
on the left of the hill as we ascend Pynchon St., are nu- 
merous lager beer breweries. Arriving at old Heath St. 
our ride ends. Fare five cents, not including one cent on 
ferry. Distance, seven miles ; time, one hour, two minutes. 



ROUTE No. 3. 



Chelsea to Boston Highlands. 

W^EN coming off the North Ferry, if we take the green 
car, we go via Hanover and Washington Sts. to Bartlett 
St. on the Highlands. Fare, five cents ; six miles ; one 
hour. 



ROUTE No. 4. 



Boston to Keservoir. 

We now return to Scollay Square and walk along Tre- 
mont St. to the old Granary Cemetery, opposite Tremont 



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Temple ; we board a chocolate-colored car, marked Reser- 
voir^ and proceed along Tremont, up Boylston St., passing 
the Common and Public Gardens on the right, and on the 
left Thorndike Hotel, Park Sq., Y. M. C. A. Building, cor. 
Berkeley, and Hotel Brunswick. Approaching Copley Sq. 
on our left is Trinity Church (Philips Brooks'), Museum of 
Fine Arts, and beyond, on cor. Huntington Ave., the Back 
Bay Post Office. On the right, the Museum of Natural 
History and Institute of Technology. Looking again to 
our left, facing us and extending to Huntington Ave. from 
Boylston, fronting on Dartmouth St., stands an immense 
white granite structure, Boston's Public Library, yet unfin- 
ished. Next is Harvard Medical College (annex), now 
Radcliffe College; on the opposite a small gothic stone 
church, that was taken down on West St., and re-erected 
here ; and on the corner of Dartmouth St., the imposing 
church edifice of the Old South Society. 

We are now in the beautiful Back Bay district, where 
in Revolutionary days British warships anchored and 
bombarded the town of Boston. Proceeding up Boyl- 
ston St., we enter West Chester Park, and on our left 
is the new Back Bay Park. Passing the immense es- 
tablishment of the Boston Cab Co., and the intersection 
of Commonwealth Ave., we enter a new district named 
Charlesgate, on the banks of the Charles River, Entering 
Beacon St. a grassy boulevard, with trees on either side 
between us and the driveway, broken only by intersecting 
streets, through Longwood and Brookline, we arrive at 
Coolidge's Corner. Here Harvard Ave. intersects the 
route to Allston and Oak Sq. ; ascending the rising ground, 
on our right is Corey Hill, with its palatial residences ; most 
noticeable is that of Mr. Jordan of Jordan, Marsh & Co. 



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On both sides we see elegance and taste, especially in the 
apartment houses and terraces, — one in particular, the 
Richter, on the left beyond Corey Hill. Nearing the end, on 
pur left, between us and the tracks of the B. & A. Railroad, 
are the grounds and works of the City of Boston Street 
Department. Our terminus borders on 

Brighton. 

We are now at the base of Chestnut Hill; the road 
skirting it to the left leads to Newton, the one on the 
right, to the Reservoir under the Marble Arch, and con- 
tinues over Chestnut Hill to Brighton about a half mile. 
Here we meet a car for Boston via Western Ave., to Bow- 
doin Square. 

Chestnut Hill. 

Returning to the Reservoir Station, and there leaving 
the car, taking the road direct to the pipe house, ascend- 
ing massive granite steps with bronze rails, enclosing a 
fountain, we reach a driveway surrounding a beautiful 
sheet of water ; turning to our left a handsome brown-stone 
structure, the Pumping Station (open to visitors), meets 
the eye; a crescent-shaped Park extends^ to the right. A 
more lovely or restful place than this would be hard to 
find; you could spend a day here and leave with regret. 
Fare, five cents ; route, five miles: time, forty minutes. 



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ROUTE No. 5. 



Reservoir, by Check to Franklin Park, W. 

Koxbury. 

Returning to the city, when the conductor comes for 
your fare, ask for a check for Franklin Park (or any point 
you desire), pay eight cents and receive a check, which 
you use for your next ride ; it is good only for the route 
for which it is punched. 

Here I might explain the check system : — If you get a 
check (red) before 11.30 a.m., it is good to i p.m. same 
day; if you get a blue check (afternoon) after 11.30, it is 
good for afternoon and evening of that day. 

Free checks, or transfer tickets, are given at Harvard 
Sq., Craigie's and West Boston bridges, Grove Hall, both 
ends of North Ferry to East Boston, cor. Dudley and 
Washington Sts., and Everett Sq. You also get an eight- 
cent check on the Lynn & Boston cars from Revere, Chel- 
sea and Linden for all Boston routes. Arriving at where 
we started from on Tremont St., any Grove Hall car will 
do for Franklin Park ; all terminate at Union Station, 
going by Canal St., returning by Portland St., except Rox- 
bury and Charlestown cars, which terminate at the head 
of Bunker Hill Street ; those marked Grove Hall^ 
Dorchester^ go to Dorchester via Washington St. and Mt. 
Bowdoin, and to the Park at Grove Hall. Suppose we 
take the longest and prettiest route, on Tremont St. or 
ScoUay Sq., we meet a dark green car marked Cross Town 
on sides, and Franklin Park on roof, and proceed (using 
our check from Reseryoir) through the Back Bay via 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 13 

Boylston St., Huntington Ave., West Chester Park, North- 
ampton, Washington and Dudley Sts. to Blue Hills Ave., 
Grove Hall to the Park. Fare, eight cents ; distance, 
eleven miles ; time, one hour and fifteen minutes. 



ROUTE No. 6. 



•Franklin Park by Check to City Point, South 

Boston. 

Leaving the Park we take a straw-colored car, marked 
RoxbiD'y and Charlestown via IVarren St., (the green 
cars on same line go by Blue Hill Ave. and Dudley St.), 
and by Washington St. and Warren Bridge to Bunker Hill 
St.. Charlestown ; returning we here meet a South Bos- 
ton car, and proceed by Washington St. to Essex St. and 
Harrison Ave., where we pass by the Chinese colony ; from 
thence to a village of restaurants, the Boston and Albany 
and Old Colony depots, on Kneeland St., and to Federal 
St. Here we are in a confusion of foundries, factories, 
coal and freight yards, and draw-bridges over Fort Point 
channel to South Boston. Passing through West Broad- 
way, on the corner of H St. is the Perkins Institute for 
the Blind. Arriving at City Point, we see on our right an 
immense pier extending a quarter of a mile into the bay, 
and on the left another reaching to Castle Island, the site 
of Fort Independence, enclosing Pleasure Bay in horse- 
shoe form, with Boston Harbor on the left, and Old Har- 
bor, and beyond, Dorchester Bay on the right. If we 
cannot visit both piers let us take in the island first; here 



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beneath the frowning wall of the fortress we can always 
find a shady place in the hottest weather, fanned by sea 
breezes. The land opposite is Winthrop, Point Shirley, and 
Deer Island with its hospital and prison. To the right is 
Fort Warren, and Blue Hills beyond. Fare, eight cents ; 
distance, twelve miles ; time, one hour and a half. 

The fare is five cents from City Point to any part of 
Cambridge, Somerville or Brighton, on cars via Craigie's 
or West Boston bridges, including checks to North Ave. 
or Mt. Auburn. Always see, before leaving here, that 
your car is marked Harvard Sq. or East Cambridge on 
the roof, otherwise your car will leave you at Park Sq., 
Scollay Sq., or take you to Charlestown. The longest 
trip is to Clarendon Hill via Bay View, or to Oak Sq., 
Brighton, ten miles, or two miles for one cent. 



ROUTE No. 7. 



City Point to Clarendon Hill, Somerville. 

We BOARD a scarlet car. marked East Cajnbridge on 
the side and roof, Bay Vte7i', South Boston in front, tak- 
ing the longest and prettiest route through South Boston, 
Washington, Causeway and Leverett Sts., to East Cam- 
bridge, via Craigie's Bridge, over the Charles River, where 
we stop off, and get a transfer ticket, free of charge, and 
take a red car marked Cambridge and Sofnerville, and on 
the top. Clarendon Hill, going through Somerville Ave., 
passing the great pork-packing establishments of J. P. 
Squires and North Packing Co. Two miles beyond here, 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 15 

near Central St. on the right, is a tree which has stood 
since the Revolution. Our next points are Davis Sq. and 
North Somerville Station on the B. & M. R. R. ; another 
mile and we are at Clarendon Hill, and a few minutes' 
walk from Tufts College and College Hill. Fare, five 
cents; distance nearly ten miles: time, one hour and 
twenty minutes. 



ROUTE No. 8. 



Clarendon Hill by Check to Milton. 

We RETRACE our steps to East Cambridge, over Crai- 
gie's Bridge to Charles St., Boston, passing Suffolk County 
Jail on the left, and Charles River Park opposite, and 
further on the Common and Public Garden, to Park Sq., 
in the centre of which is the bronze group representing 
Lincoln liberating the slaves. 

Walking down Eliot to Washington St. we take a dark 
blue car, marked Dorchester on sides. Field's Corner in 
front, on side of roof Mt. Pleasant^ and on front roof 
Ash7)ioiit and Milton. Coming from Franklin St., we go 
down Washington St. to Northampton, Hampden and 
Dudley Sts. to Dorchester, over Mt. Pleasant to Upham's 
Corner, thence by Savin Hill Ave. to Dorchester Ave., and 
to Field's Corner and Harrison Square. 

Our next point is Ashmont, consisting of a Station on 
the Old Colony R. R. and a group of stores and dwellings; 
our next stop ends our ride at the Lower Mills, on the 
Milton border. Fare, eight cents ; distance, twelve miles ; 
time, one hour and forty-two minutes. 



l6 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

Mattapan — Dorchester, 

We are now one mile from Mattapan. Let us walk 
over this route ; descending the hill, on our left, is a build- 
ing having the appearance of a college or high school 
building, which is Baker's Chocolate Works. Taking 
River St. to the left, over the beautiful Neponset River to 
the starch mill, we are in Mattapan. Arriving at the 
Square, intersected by Blue Hill Ave. is the Mattapan 
Station, Old Colony R. R. 

Hyde Park is one mile to the left, on the road to the 
Observatory. Turning to the right, on Blue Hill Ave., 
we are about one mile from Mt. Hope Cemetery ; turning 
to the left, to Walk Hill St., we are near Mattapan Station 
on N. Y. & N. E. R. R. 

Roxbury. 

From Mt. Hope, one mile, we cross into Roxbury, to 
the rear of Forest Hills Cemetery. Here is located the 
new Crematory, on Walk Hill St. 



ROUTE No. g. 



Milton by Check to North Avenue, North 
Cambridge. 

Returning to the Milton terminus we go back to the 
City, leaving our car at the corner of Franklin and Wash- 
ington Sts., walking up Winter or Bromfield St. to the 
opposite side of Tremont St. and take a red car marked 
Cambridge, and on the roof Harvard Sq., and go by the 



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way of Back Bay, West Chester Park and the new Har- 
vard Bridge to Main St., Cambridgeport ; on our left are 
the Kennedy Cracker Works. 

Entering Old Cambridge, on our right is the elegant 
brown stone City Hall, in striking contrast with the old 
red brick City Hall, nearly opposite. On our way through 
Main St., on the right beyond the church is Beck Hall, 
an elegant brick structure, its ivy-covered walls bringing it 
into prominent notice. All the buildings and grounds on 
this side to Harvard Sq. belong to the University. 

Arriving at the Square we alight on the left side, and 
receive from a man in waiting a free check, marked out- 
ward check for North Avenue. 

We pass between the Common and College grounds, 
through a wide avenue studded with elegant churches and 
private residences, to North Cambridge crossing. Fare, 
eight cents ; distance, thirteen miles; time, one hour and 
thirty-five minutes. North Ave. to Arlington, five cents. 



ROUTE No, 10. 



North Ave. by Cheek to Forest Hills. 

Returning to Harvard Sq. we receive an inward check 
free. Here we will vary the route ; looking towards North 
Ave., and going in that direction, we take a scarlet car, 
marked East Cambridge, and proceed by the way of Cam- 
bridge St. to East Cambridge, by the way of Craigie's 
Bridge and Leverett St. to the Union Station, Causeway 
St., Boston, and transfer to a dark green car, marked 
Eglestoti Sq. on sides, and Forest Hills on the roof, by 



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the way of Scollay Sq., Tremont St., Shawmut Ave., and 
Washington St., to Forest Hills Ave. to the Cemetery. 
Near here, on the other side of the Old Colony tracks is 
the Arnold Arboretum and Museum. Taking Morton St. 
we could return from here via Jamaica Plain ; it is five 
minutes' walk from Forest Hills. Fare, eight cents ; dis- 
tance, ten and one-half miles ; time, one hour, seventeen 
minutes. 



ROUTE No. II. 



Forest Hills by Check to Putnam Ave., 
Cambridge. 

We are in West Roxbury, between Egleston Sq. and 
Dudley St. Passing up Washington St. (every city and 
town has a Washington St., this one is eleven miles long, 
extending from Haymarket Sq., Boston through Roxbury 
and West Roxbury to Uedham), to Dudley St., we cross 
the Roxbury boundary to the City of Boston. Passing 
into Shawmut Ave. to Tremont St., opposite Bromfield 
St. we take a red car marked Cambridge on sides, and 
Pearl St. and Put?iam Ave. on roof, going by way of 
Back Bay and Harvard Bridge to Cambridgeport, via 
Main St., Pearl St., Putnam Ave., to Putnam Sq. Fare, 
eight cents ; distance, eight miles; time, one hour and 
eight minutes. 



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ROUTE No. 12. 



Putnam Ave. by Check to Jamaica Plain. 

Returning over same route to Tremont St. we take a 
lemon-yellow car for Jamaica Plain (its Boston terminus 
being Union Station, Causeway St.), via Sudbury St. and 
Scollay Sq. to Tremont St. to Roxbury Crossing, and 
Pynchon and Centre Sts. to the Plain. Fare, eight cents; 
distance, nine miles; time, one hour and eight minutes. 



ROUTE No. 13. 



Jamaica Plain by Check via Highland Ave. 
to Davis Sq., Somerville. 

Returning by same route to corner Tremont and Eliot 
Sts., on the left, and walk up latter street to Park Sq., take 
lemon-yellow car marked Somerville and Boston on sides, 
and Highland Ave. on the roof, and by Warren Bridge 
to Charlestown, via Sullivan Sq. and Harvard St. to 
Somerville, by Prospect Hill, over Highland Ave., past 
Union Sq., Winter Hill and Central Hill. On the right 
between the High School Building and City Hall is an 
old battery mounted with cannon. Our next point is 
Davis Sq. We can return from here by the Somerville 
Ave. cars from Clarendon Hill. Fare, eight cents ; dis- 
tance, ten miles ; time, one hour and twenty minutes. This 
line is complete to Central Hill only, a transfer car (free) 
takes us to Davis Sq. 



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ROUTE No. 14. 



Highland Ave. by Check to Dorchester, via 
Grove Hall. 

Returning by same route to Causeway St., at Union 
Station you take a green car, marked Grove Hall^ Dor- 
chester (you can take any Grove Hall Car and transfer 
at Grove Hall car house (free) ; the Cross Town is 
longest, as it takes a zigzag course through the city), via 
Washington and Warren Sts., and by Grove Hall to 
Washington St., Dorchester, passing Mt. Bowdoin and 
Oakland Gardens. Fare, eight cents; distance, ten miles; 
time, one hour and twenty-one minutes. 



ROUTE No. 15. 



Dorchester via Grove Hall to Winthrop Junc- 
tion, via East Boston. 

On this route you will get three transfers, four rides, 
and a trip on Boston Harbor, for nine cents. Leaving 
Dorchester ask the conductor for a check to East Boston ; 
put this in your pocket for the yellow car. At Grove Hall 
get a check (free) for a Cross Town, using this check now, 
arriving at corner of Boylston and Tremont St. or Scollay 
Sq. Transfer to yellow car, marked East Bostoji and 
Chelsea^ v/hich goes through Hanover St. to the Ferry, 
getting a free transfer ticket for the car on the other side. 
At East Boston take a blue car marked Winthrop June- 



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tion in front, and Saratoga and Beniiington Sts. on sides, 
and proceed through these streets to Orient Heights Sta- 
tion, B., R. B. & Lynn R. R., Winthrop Junction, where 
you can get a train for Boston, Point of Pines, or Lynn 
(single ticket twenty cents, or a five-ride ticket for sixty 
cents to Lynn). You can return to Boston, Lynn or Mai- 
den by electric car, or to Boston from Beachmont by 
street cars to Scollay Sq. Fare, eight cents, not including 
one cent on ferry; distance, ten miles; time, one hour 
and twenty minutes. 



ROUTE No. i6. 



Wintlirop Juiiction to Roxbury. 

Returning to Ferry by same route, and on Boston side, 
via yellow car to Old Heath St., Roxbury, via Tremont 
St., or green car at Ferry, via Washington St. to Bartlett 
St. on the Highlands. Fare, five cents, not including one 
cent on ferry; distance to Bartlett St., six miles; to Old 
Heath St. nine miles; time, one hour, and one hour and 
twenty minutes. 



ROU.TE No. 17. 



Roxbury by Check to Meeting" House Hill, 
Dorchester. 

Returning to corner of Tremont and Bromfield Sts., 
we walk down to Washington, cor. Franklin St., and take 



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a blue car marked Meeting House Hill on sides, and Ge- 
neva Ave. on roof, and proceed by way of Washington 
St. over the Mt. Pleasant route to Upham's corner and 
Geneva Ave. to Meeting House Hill, Dorchester. Fare, 
eight cents; distance, nine miles ; time, one hour and 
twenty minutes. 



ROUTE No. i8. 



Meeting House Hill by Check to Oak Sq., 
Brig^hton. 

Retracing our steps to the corner of Franklin and 
Washington Sts., we alight and walk through Bromfield 
St., cross Tremont St., and take a chocolate-colored car 
marked Brookline and Brighton on sides, and Oak Sq., 
or Allston and Oak Sq., and follow the Reservoir Route 
to Coolidge's Corner, turning to the right on Harvard Ave. 
to Allston, and thence to Oak Sq., Brighton, one mile from 
Newton. Fare, eight cents ; distance, twelve miles ; time? 
one hour and forty minutes. 



RO|UTE No. 19. 

Oak Square to City Point. 

Returning to Tremont St. we take a brunette car, 
marked Bi'ighton on sides, and Bowdoin Sq. on roof. 
Branching off at Allston; via River St. through Cambridge- 
port to West Boston Bridge, and get a free transfer to a 
red car for City Point, through Charles St. to Park Sq., 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 23 

and by Dover St. to Kneeland and Federal Sts., and West 
Broadway route to City Point. Fare, five cents ; distance 
ten miles ; time, one hour and fifteen minutes. This is 
one of the lons^est five-cent rides in Boston. 



ROUTE No. 20. 



City Point to Mt. Auburn, Watertown. 

Leaving here we return by same route (be sure your 
car is marked Harvard Sq. overhead, or you might be 
left at Park Sq. or Scollay Sq. or hustled off to Charles- 
town) to West Boston Bridge, and via Main St. through 
Cambridgeport and Old Cambridge to Harvard Sq., and 
get an outward check, free, to Mt. Auburn. 

While waiting for our car let us dwell a moment. Cam- 
bridge or " Newetowne " was first settled in 1630 by good 
old George Dudley; the next move was to establish a 
'"schoale," and in 1636 the General Court gave ^400, and 
^200 the next year, and ^^200 when the work was finished, 
for a " Colledge " to be called Harvard. There are many 
intelligent boys around the Square who for a dime will 
show you around the College grounds. Opposite the main 
entrance to the University, in the church yard, are stones 
bearing dates between 1600 and 1700, the writer no^d one 
of 1638. 

We now take a Watertown car via Brattle St. (its Brit- 
ish name was Tory Row). Washington School appears 
on our right, occupying the site of the first school in Cam- 
bridge. Farther along is the house where W^ashington 
was quartered during the weary siege of 15oston, and 



24 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

later on where Longfellow lived, and wrote many of his 
best poems. Beyond this is the Riedesel House, occupied 
by Friedrich .Adolph, Baron von Riedesel (a German 
nobleman, in 1776, who took command of 4,000 Brunswick 
troops, hired by Great Britain for service against the 
American Colonies. He assisted in the capture of Ti- 
conderoga, and in the British success at Hubbardston, 
was made prisoner at Burgoyne's surrender, and was ex- 
changed in 1780). Then comes the "Lee House," two 
hundred years old, and close by is the house of the last 
of the English Governors, Thomas Oli^-er ; this was used 
as a hospital after the battle of Bunker Hill, and many 
engaged in that battle lie buried in the field opposite. 

On our way beyond the drinking trough, on the left, are 
the homes of Ex-Governor W. E. Russell, and Ole Bull 
the violinist. Arriving at the cemetery let us spend a short 
time. Here lie many illustrious dead, among them Louis 
Agassiz, Anson Burlingame, Edward Everett, Rufus 
Choate, James Russell Lowell, Henry W. Longfellow, 
Charles Sumner, Phillips Brooks, Charlotte Cushman, 
Fanny Fern and others. Be sure to climb the winding 
steps to the top of the Observatory, two hundred feet 
above sea level ; also, visit the Sphinx on Cypress Ave. 
Fare, five cents ; distance, eight and a quarter miles ; time, 
one hour and thirteen minutes. 



ROUTE No. 21. 



Mt. Auburn by Check to Franklin Park. 

Leaving the Cemetery we take a Newton car via Gar- 
den St. When nearing Harvard Sq. opposite the Common 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 25 

is the tree under whose spreading branches Washington 
took command of his army. Arriving at Harvard Sq. 
(you are provided with an inward check, free, which you 
use first), you have a choice of many routes. If you take 
an East Cambridge car you can transfer at Union Station 
or Scollay Sq., if you take one for City Point or Scollay 
Sq., you can change to Grove Hall car, at Scollay Sq., on 
Washington St., or on Boylston St., at cor. Park Sq. If 
you take the latter you go by the way of Columbus Ave., 
Northampton, Washington and Warren Sts. to the Park. 
After passing Providence Depot, on the opposite side the 
white granite building is the Boston Armory ; in the rear 
of it is the Electric Lighting Station, and next beyond is 
where the celebrated Carter's Inks are manufactured. On 
the opposite side a little farther on is The Yout/i's Com- 
panion building. Fare, eight cents ; distance, ten miles : 
time, one hour and thirteen minutes. 



ROUTE No. 22. 



FraDklin Park by Check to Brig^hton, via 
Western Ave. 

Returning by the way of Cross Town to Scollay Sq. 
walk up Court St. to Bowdoin Sq. and take a red car 
marked B7-ighton, and on roof Western Ave., and go by 
the way of Cambridge St., West Boston Bridge and Main 
St., Cambridgeport, to Western Ave., through a district 
of factories and small farms, to the great horse-market. 
Brighton, to Chestnut Hill. Fare, eight cents ; distance, 
eleven miles; time, one hour and thirty-three minutes. 



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ROUTE No. 23. 

Brighton by Cbeck to Maiden and Medford. 

Returning by same or Reservoir routes to Scollay Sq., 
we take a straw-colored car, marked Maldeii and Med- 
ford, via W. Everett, on roof, and on front Charlestowfi, 
and proceed via Charlestown, Sullivan Sq., and West 
Everett, via Main St. and Maiden to Medford Sq., Med- 
ford. When leaving Brighton ask the conductor for a 
check for Charlestown, which is good for any route via 
Charlestown. Fare, eight cents; distance, twelve miles; 
time, one hour and forty minutes. On this route at present 
three cents additional is charged, (See next route.) 



ROUTE No. 24. 

3Iedt'ord and Maiden by Cbeck to Spring Hill. 

Returning by Winter Hill, through Charlestown and 
Warren Bridge to Scollay Sq. Other routes to Maiden 
and Medford are eight-cent fares at present; but will be 
reduced to the five-cent basis, about July. Fare, eight 
cents; distance, ten miles; time, one hour and two min- 
utes. By the way of Winter Hill, the fare is five cents. 



ROUTE No. 25. 

Spring Hill by Cbeck to Norfolk House. 

Returning by same route to Union Station, transfer 
to green car, marked N^orfolk House via Washington 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 27 

and A^orfolk Sts. Proceeding on Washington St., passing 
Adams Sq. and Cornhill, by the Old State House, the 
newspaper and railroad ticket offices, the Old South 
Church, and successively the wholesale drug, clothing, dry 
goods (including Jordan, Marsh & Co. and R. H. White), 
and jewelers, also hotels and theatres. On the corner of 
Maiden St. is the Roman Catholic Cathedral (Holy Cross), 
in front of which is a statue of Columbus : beyond on the 
left is G. A. R. Hall, and Franklin Sq., and on the right 
Blackstone Sq. Further on, and on the same side is Ches- 
ter Sq., on the well known boulevard Chester Park, which 
extends west to the new Harvard Bridge, and east to Dor- 
chester. Fare, eight cents ; distance, six and one-half 
miles ; time, sixty minutes. 



ROUTE No. 26. 



Norfolk House by Check to Porter's Station, 
North Cainhridge. 

Returning by same route to Adams Sq. and by Corn- 
hill, Brattle or Hanover Sts., via Court St. to Bowdoin 
Sq. and via East Cambridge route to North Cambridge, 
Fare, eight cents; distance, seven miles; time, fifty-six 
minutes. 



ROUTE No. 27. 

Milton by Check to Revere and Linden. 

Take a blue car (getting a check for L. & B. R. R.) via 
Mt. Pleasant or Dorchester Ave. to Franklin St., walk to 



28 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

Scollay Sq., and board a Lynn and Boston car, marked 
overhead Lymi and Swampscott^ or Mar blehead,2iwd ride 
through Charlestown, Chelsea and Revere to Revere St.; 
then take the transfer car on the left for Linden. Fare, 
eight cents ; distance, fifteen miles ; time, two hours. 
This is the longest eight-cent ride. 

At Linden you can make connections with steam or 
electric cars for Maiden, Cliftondale or Saugus. You can 
return to Boston by L. & B. R. R. to Maplewood and Mai- 
den for five cents, and from Maiden to the city by West 
End Cars via East Everett, five cents, or to Lynn or Up- 
per Swampscott, for five cents. The car between Maiden 
and Cliftondale is a summer line. 



ROUTE No. 28. 



Boston to Newton. 

Take red car at Bowdoin Sq. marked Cambridge on 
side, and Newton on roof, or any car for Harvard Sq., and 
transfer; wishing to visit Mt. Auburn on the way a five- 
cent fare will take you there, and an additional five cents 
to Newton via Watertown, arriving at Newton Corner. 



ROUTE No. 29. 

Newton to Walthani. 

Leaving the West End Co.'s car at Newton Corner, on 
our right we take a maroon-colored car, proceeding through 
Newtonville, West Newton and Auburndale to Waltham, 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 29 

passing Charles River and the Waltham Watch Factory, 
the Park on the left, and Common on the right to Pros- 
pect Park, passing the home of General Banks on the 
right. Fare, five cents ; distance, five and one-half miles ; 
time, forty minutes. 



ROUTE No. 30. 



Waltliaiii to AVatertown. 

Leaving the Park, and arriving at the corner of the 
Common, you transfer to a car for Watertown, without 
extra charge, arriving at Watertown. This is the line of 
the Newton St. Railway Co. Fare each way, five cents ; 
distance, three miles ; time, twenty-five minutes. 



ROUTE No. 31. 



Watertown to Newton Upper Falls and Echo 
Briflg^e Park, via Newtonvllle. 

Leaving Watertown, on a car of the Newtonville and 
Watertown Co., for Newtonville (one and one-half miles), 
transferring by check to cars of the Newton and Boston 
Co., through Newton Highlands, to Newton Upper Falls, 
thriee miles, arriving at Echo Bridge Park, crossing the 
Echo Bridge of the Boston Water Works. Fare on each 
line, five cents ; transfer check, seven cents. (The New- 



30 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

tonville and Watertown Co. will probably be extended 
this summer as far as the Arsenal Bridge over the Charles 
River, connecting Watertown with Brighton, there mak- 
ing connection with the West End Road, which proposes 
to lay tracks over the new Commonwealth Ave. to that 
point.) 

Returning to Cambridge from Watertown we pass 
through the pretty Cottage Farms district. Returning to 
Boston from Newton, by walking one mile through a 
pretty residential avenue (Washington St.) to Oak Sq., 
and a five-cent fare, we reach Boston. At Newton you 
can get a train for Wellesley (Hunnewell's) via Boston & 
Albany R. R. Fare, eighteen cents. 



ROUTE No. 32. 



Various Routes. 

There are three lines terminating at Rowe's Wharf and 
Revere Beach Depot;' one, a red car via Dorchester 
Ave. to Dorchester St., South Boston; a yellow car, via 
Tremont St. to Roxbury Crossing ; and a green car via 
Summer and Washington Sts. to the Highlands. 

There is a red car line from Bowdoin Sq. via Chardon 
St. to Union Station, from thence via Causeway St. to 
Atlantic Ave., past the Chelsea and East Boston Ferries, 
passing Lewis, T, Commercial and other wharves ; also, 
Revere Beach Depot, along the Avenue to New York and 
New England Depot, via Federal and Kneeland Sts. to 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 31 

Old Colony and Ijoston & Albany Depots, and return by 
same route. Fare, five cents. 

There are three blue-car lines from Tremont St. : one 
via Back Bay to the Hotel Vendome, one to Longwood, 
and one to Brookline. A pale green car, marked Back 
Bay Cimrches ; a dark green car from Chelsea Ferry via 
Hanover St., Scollay Sq., Tremont St., Temple Place and 
Washington St. to Green St., near Forest Hills. 

A straw-colored car from Boylston St. to Washington 
St. via Warren Bridge and Charlestown to Winter Hill. 

A dark blue car from Warren Bridge via Washington 
St. to Field's Corner, Dorchester. 

The Belt Line, yellow cars; this is a horse-shoe course, 
commencing on Tremont St., at West Lenox St. via Park 
Sq. and Charles St. to Bowdoin Sq. to Scollay Sq. and 
Washington St., to Northampton St. 

Last but not least is the lovely ride to Neponset, over 
the Washington St. and Mt. Pleasant route, via Upham's 
and Field's Corners to Neponset. Take a blue car on 
corner Franklin and Washington Sts. Fare, five cents ; 
distance, six and one-half miles ; time, fifty-two minutes. 

Having explored all the roads from Boston to Waltham, 
we will turn east, passing through the cities of shoes and 
witches, as far as Asbury Grove. Or, if you wish, along 
the North Shore to Rockport. Thence north via Maiden 
and Melrose to North Woburn and Winchester. Last of 
all some trips on the water. It is impossible, at this early 
date, to give any time tables, but during the pleasure sea- 
son, cars make such frequent trips, and change so often, 
that anything in this way would be useless. 



32 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 



ROUTE No. 33. 



Boston to Beverly or Salem Willows. 

To ILLUSTRATE the fact of how cheaply a person can 
ride, and especially on electric lines, you can ride from 
Scollay Sq. to Salem Willowsor Beverly for fifteen cents ; 
where the schedule fares are thirty cents on electric, and 
forty cents on steam cars. 

Take a Lynn and Swampscott car at Scollay Sq., pay 
a five-cent fare and ride to Revere St., Revere (the first 
street past the Gleason Hotel, six miles from Boston), 
step off, and get a transfer car on the left for Linden ; on 
this car no fare or transfer check is required ; this ride is 
one and a half miles; from Linden you walk one mile, 
taking Lynn St., and following the street car track from 
Lawrence St., keeping all the roads to the left, past Frank- 
lin Park Station, to Cliftondale. Here take a crimson car, 
marked on the dasher Siunuter St.^ and East Saugus and 
Upper Swampscott ov^ sides, and on roof Lynn and Sale??i^ 
and ride through East Saugus and Lynn to Upper Swamp- 
scott, paying a five-cent fare. After crossing the Salem 
line the conductor will call on you for another fare ; pay 
him five cents and ask for a transfer check to Beverly or 
the Willows. If a resident of one of the distant points 
(Cambridge, Somerville or Milton) three cents additional, 
or eighteen cents in all will carry you through to Beverly 
or the Willows, by asking the conductor for a check for a 
Lynn car, which will carry you to Linden, via Charles- 
town, Chelsea and Revere. Distance from Milton to Bev- 
erly, thirty miles ; fare, eighteen cents. The mile walk 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 33 

from Linden to Cliftondale is a very refreshing walk on a 
fine day, or if you wisli to avoid the dust or cool breezes 
over the marshes. 

If you wish to make a continuous ride, the Maiden and 
Saugus line passes through Linden to Cliftondale, which 
will add five cents to your ride; or you may take a Mai- 
den and West Everett yellow car for Central Sq., Maiden, 
five cents, and take a Saugus and Maiden yellow horse 
car for Cliftondale, five cents, and then, as above men- 
tioned, to Beverly and the Willows, making twenty cents 
in all. The eight-cent check from any of the Boston 
lines is good to Maiden from Scollay Sq. ; ask the con- 
ductor for a check for Charlestown. 

The L. & B. R. R. schedule fares to Beverly from Bos- 
ton is thirty cents, and the B. & M. R. R. forty cents. 

Here we might inform our readers that we are not work- 
ing in the interest of any street railway or other corpora- 
tion, but directly from a public standpoint, and for the 
benefit of the public. The writer having traveled all the 
routes herein named, and paid the fares, and received the 
transfers given, is in itself undisputed authority, leaving 
nothing to hearsay or supposition. Of course you would 
not be so unreasonable as to hold him responsible for any 
changes that street car companies may make at any time ; 
but changes or alterations will be noted in future editions. 



ROUTE No. 34. 

STEAMBOAT ROUTES. 

From the middle of June to September, every day. 
there are several excursion routes from the city of IJoston 



34 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

to the following points: Plymouth, leaving Sargent's 
Wharf, next to East Boston South Ferry, opposite Clark 
St. (take any East Boston or Chelsea Ferry car.) Fare, 
round trip, seventy-five cents; single trip, fifty cents. 
Children under ten years, round trip, fifty cents; single 
trip, twenty-five cents. 

From Snow's Arch Wharf, 430 Atlantic Ave., steamers 
for Marblehead, Baker's Island, Salem Willows and Bev- 
erly. Fare, twenty-five cents ; round trip, forty-five cents. 
F^or Portsmouth and Isle of Shoals, fare, forty-five cents; 
round trip tickets to Shoals, good only on date of issue, 
week days, seventy-five cents ; on Sundays, one dollar- 
York, Rye or Hampton Beaches, one dollar and a half; 
round trip, two dollars and a half. 

Bass Point and Naliant. 

Steamers from Lincoln wharf, adjoining East Boston 
North Ferry wharf. Fare each way, twenty-five cents; 
children, fifteen cents. Take any East Boston or Chelsea 
Ferry car on Washington or Tremont Sts., or Scollay Sq. 

Nantasket Steamers. 

Leave Rowes' Wharf, 340 Atlantic Ave., for Hull, 
Pemberton, Nantasket, Hingham and Downer Landing. 
Fare, twenty-five cents each way, or you may return by 
N. Y., N. H. and Hartford R. R. to Old Colony Depot, 
Kneeland St. Take any Atlantic Ave. car on or south of 
Boylston St., on Tremont St., or on or south of Summer 
St. on Washington St., or at Park or Bowdoin Sqs.: five 
cents. 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 35 



North Sliore to Gloucester. 

Steamer from north side of Central Wharf, foot of 
State St. Round trip, seventy-five cents. 

Take the Atlantic Ave. car, from Bowdoin Sq. or Old 
Colony Station. Kneeland St. 

Lynn to Naliaiit. 

Steamer from Breed & Holder's Wharf, Lynn, near 
Broad St. engine house, to Bass Point, Nahant. Two 
trips daily, in summer; fare, ten cents. 

Boston to Boston. 

On the Boston & Albany Railroad there is a circuit, 
around the Newton, Brighton, Natick, Brookline and 
Longwood residential districts, making a pretty ride, around 
Boston's most artistic and elegant suburbs. Round trip 
fare, thirty-five cents. 



ROUTE No. 35. 

Boston to Lynn. 

We will place ourselves on ScoUay Sq., at Court or 
Howard Sts., and looking towards Sudbury St. we see a 
cream-colored electric, marked Lynn^ and on the roof 
Lynn &^ Swarnpscott, or Marbleheadj let us take the 
latter, down Cornhill to Washington St., having given the 
remainder of the route to Lynn in the first pages of this 
book, it is not necessary to repeat it, only reversing the 
order of things and you have it. 



36 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

Arriving at the Saugus River bridge on our right we see 
the General Electric River Works. We are now in Lynn ; 
next on our left is the immense car shed of the Lynn & 
Boston R. R. Passing up Western Ave. through Hough- 
ton Sq., leaving Breed's Sq. on the right, crossing the 
tracks of the Saugus Branch B. & M. at Lynn Common 
Station, to Market Sq. ; here on our right is the Old West- 
ern Burial Ground, the resting place of Moll Pitcher; 
next the Boscobel apartment hotel. Next is Lynn'Com- 
mon. Entering South Common St., on our right, at the 
corner of Commercial St., stands the oldest church in the 
city, it having at one time stood on the Common, and was 
known as the "Old Tunnel." On the next corner is the 
First Congregational Church. On the corner of Blossom 
St. stands St. Stephen's (Memorial) Episcopal Church 
with its fine chime of bells. Next is the Unitarian (a 
quaint old church). Next is the New Armory, with its 
massive castellated towers. Arriving at City Hall Sq. 
and Soldiers' Monument, on our right is St. Mary's Roman 
Catholic Church, parochial residence and School. Lee 
Hall occupies the site of the first Methodist Episcopal 
Church in New England, established by Jesse Lee. 

Passing through Market and Oxford Sts.to Central Sq. 
we go through the district that was burnt in the great fire 
of Nov. 26, 1889. Here, at Central Station, you can take 
barges for Nahant. Fare, fifteen cents. Steam and elec- 
tric cars for all points, going by the way of Exchange to 
Broad St. On the right, opposite Washington Sq., is 
the handsome club-house of the Oxford Club; and on 
Nahant St. stands the First Universalist Church ; on the 
left, the Central Congregational Church. Riding along 
Broad and Lewis Sts., to the junction of Ocean St., turn- 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. T,-j 

ing towards King's Beach, we cross the Swampscott line 
into Humphrey St. The island opposite us, in the bay, 
is Egg Rock. Turning and following the line of King's 
Beach to the Soldiers' Monument, on our right is Swamp- 
scott Bay, and on the projecting point, to the <right, is 
situated the Lincoln House. After passing the fisher- 
man's district, we come to the beautiful residential por- 
tion of the town of Swampscott. 

Lynn and Swampscott, then '• Sangust,'' was settled in 
1629 (one year before Boston), by Edmund and Francis 
Ligalls, the latter in Swampscott. Ascending the hill, we 
arrive at Phillips Beach Station, on the B. & M., Marble- 
head Branch. At the right of the depot is the old Eben 
B. Phillips farm-house. Mr. Phillips once owned all this 
part of the town. Next we arrive at Beach Bluff Ave. 
This ends our fifteen-cent ride from Boston and five cent 
ride from Lynn. 

Let us now step off, and walk down to the bluff, cross- 
ing the tracks of the B. & M., at Beach Bluff station, to 
the beach. On the right, on a sand bluff, stands the 
large and handsome Hotel Preston, in summer a center of 
refined gaiety ; on the left are some of the loveliest cottages 
on the north shore. There is certainly no more delightful 
place on the New England coast. 



ROUTE No. 36. 

Swampscott to Marbleliead. 

Returning to where we left our car, we continue a five- 
cent ride to Marblehead, passing the village of Clifton 
Heights; close by is site of "Clifton House," one of the 



38 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

pioneer hotels on the coast. A particularly interesting 
feature near here is " Gun Rock," a crevice four feet wide 
and ten feet deep, extending fifty feet into the rock, through 
which the waves are forced, at times spouting some sixty 
feet high. Entering the old town, we pass on the left the 
Work House Rocks, and Standpipe ; on the right the 
Catholic Church. As we pass by and through its crooked 
streets, and quaint, irregular houses, we see how truly the 
early settlers conformed to natural conditions in locating 
their houses. 

The old Town House, near the junction of Washing- 
ton and State Sts., built in 1727, is the most historic build- 
ing. The " Lee House," now occupied by two banks, was 
built by Jeremiah Lee at a cost of ^50,000, and was a 
princely mansion. It is worth a visit now, for its great 
halls, its grand staircase, carved wainscoating and historic 
wall paper may still be seen. St. Michael's Episcopal 
Church, built in 17 14 and still in use. A monument on 
Pleasant St. near the railway station was erected in 1849, 
to the memory of Capt. James Mugford, killed May 17th, 
1776 ; also the Soldier's Monument, cor. Mugford and Elm 
Sts. 

The finest building in Marblehead is Abbot Hall, built 
from a fund left by Benjamin Abbot, a native of the town. 
Passing Orne St., the birth place of Moll Pitcher, we ar- 
rive at Fort Sewell, from whose ramparts you get an un- 
interrupted view of the charming harbor, and surroundings. 
On Front St. there is a ferry to the " Neck," or you can 
walk over by the way of Devereaux St. Marblehead 
Neck is a favorite summer resort. Among the many 
handsome structures, is the headquarters of the Eastern 
Yacht Club. Fare from Boston to Swampscott, fifteen 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 39 

cents or two for twenty-five cents ; fare from Swampscott 
to Marblehead, five cents; distance from Boston to Mar- 
blehead, nineteen miles ; time, two hpurs and eight minutes. 



ROUTE No. 37. 



Marblehead to Saleiu and Peabody. 

Taking a yellow car, marked Marblehead and Danvers, 
via Franklin, Washington and Pleasant Sts., and in Salem 
via Dodge and Washington to Essex St., near Boston and 
Maine Eastern Depot, transfer to a maroon-colored car, 
marked Salein, Peabody and Dafivers, and in front Pui- 
iiamville. Leaving Essex St. at its junction with Boston 
St. and passing through a section of Salem devoted to 
leather tanning, and known as " Blubber Hollow," we soon 
come to the big tree; a large elm, that stands in the road- 
way, and formerly marked the dividing line between Salem 
and Danvers. On the left the line extended to Lynn. 
These lines were changed so that both sides of this street 
are Salem or North Salem, to near the upper end of the 
Old Cemetery. At the base of the big tree stands a stone 
rudely marked, " June ye 7, 1707,'' supposed to be the date 
the tree was set out ; it measures twenty feet in circumfer- 
ence at the base. The Old Cemetery is supposed to be 
the oldest in this section; the oldest dated stone stands 
nearly facing the entrance and is inscribed — " Here lyes 
ye body of James Gyles, aged about ten years, decease 
ye 20 of May 1689." 

Passing up Main St. we come to the junction of Wash- 
ington St. (to Lynn), where stands the monument which 



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marks the spot from which Capt. Foster marched his men 
to Lexington, April 19, 1775, when seven of them were 
killed. It is of Danvers granite, twenty-two feet high, 
seven feet square at base, and was erected in 1835. The 
old Bell Tavern stood opposite. Before reaching here, 
on a street corner on our left we see the name Nichols St. 
leading to Gallows Hill, where nineteen persons (includ- 
ing Rebecca Nourse) were hanged for witchcraft. Ap- 
proaching Peabody Sq. on our right are two antiquated 
brick buildings, the first a dwelling house, formerly the 
residence of Dennison Wallis, the founder of the Wallis 
School ; the next is the Peabody Institute, founded by the 
late George Peabody, June 16, 1852. The second build- 
ing beyond, on the opposite side, occupies the site of the 
building in which George Peabody served his apprentice- 
ship as a druggist, with the late Sylvester Proctor, from 
1806 to 1810, when he was eleven years of age, and where 
he laid the foundation of the immense fortune which en- 
abled him to give over $12,000,000 for benevolent purposes. 
In the center of the Square stands the Soldiers' Monu- 
ment, dedicated Nov. 10, 1881, costing $7,167. It is built 
of Hallowell granite, fifty feet high from sub-base, sur- 
mounted by a copy of Crawford's statue of America, with 
the left hand holding a broken shackle, instead of a coat 
of arms ; on the tablets are the names of seventy of the 
soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in the rebellion. 
Opposite the monument is the handsome church of the 
Universalist society, built in 1832. Standing on the Square 
at Main St., facing the monument, the street on our left, 
Foster St., is the route of the North Salem cars; facing 
us passing the monument, is Lowell St., through which is 
the route of cars marked Lowell Si., from Beverly and 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 4I 

Salem. Central St. to the right is the route of cars marked 
Danvers and Putnaifniille. Marblehead to Salem : fare, 
five cents; distance, five miles; time, forty minutes. Salem 
to Peabody : fare, five cents ; distance, two miles ; time, 
seventeen minutes. 



ROUTE No. 38. 



Peabody to Danvers and Putnamville. 

See that your car is marked Central St. and in black 
on white, Putnajn^nlle., and proceeding via Central, An- 
dover, and Sylvan Sts., crossing Danvers Centre branch 
to Town Hall Sq. On Sylvan St., (Tapleyville) near the 
Boston and Maine Railroad, between Collins and Pine 
Sts., stands the old Nourse House, two stories, with long 
sloping roof in rear; here lived Rebecca Nourse, a good 
woman, who fell a victim to the insane delusion of witch- 
craft. Her grave is in the little burying ground beyond 
the house, and a monument to her memory was erected 
in July, 1885. Leaving the Square via Locust St. at the 
foot of Putnamville Hill is the home of Gen. Putnam. 
Fare from Peabody Sq., five cents; distance, Peabody to 
Danvers, four miles ; Peabody to Putnamville, five and a 
half miles ; time, thirty-three minutes. 



ROUTE No. 39. 

Putnamville via Danvers to Asylum Station. 

Leaving here ask for a transfer to Danvers Asylum, 



44 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

sions and places of historic note. Approaching the har- 
bor front, on the right, near the railway, painted bright 
orange, is the machine and workshops of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad. Crossing the drawbridge to Beverly, are 
coal yards, foundries, etc. ; on the left is the railroad 
bridge of the Boston & Maine ; entering the Square, we 
can change cars here, or at the junction of Cabot and 
Rantoul Sts. Let us say the latter, and proceed by 
Cabot, through the business portion of the old town. 
The principal landmarks on the right, between Broadway 
and Railroad Ave., are the Town Hall, Soldiers' monu- 
ment and Baptist Church; and opposite Knowlton St. 
(Cove branch), the Congregational Church. 

Beverly is a quiet summer resort, with pretty avenues 
leading to the water's edge on the right, and others back 
into the woods on the left; the residences and grounds 
are less pretentious than those of more noted resorts, but 
they are not less attractive. Some of the establishments 
have cost not less than $100,000. 

The Beverly shore is a section of unsurpassed attrac- 
tions to those who love natural scenery; especially lovely 
is it when viewed from the harbor, at a distance from the 
shore. Rocky bluffs, beaches and coves are pleasingly 
blended; trees of bountiful and beautiful foliage crown 
the hill crests in rear, while here and there we spy the red 
roof of a summer cottage — here, perhaps, a pretty Swiss 
villa in the center of a broad lawn, and surrounded with 
luxuriant flower beds; there, a stately mansion overlook- 
ing the sea. Beverly was originally a part of ancient 
Naumkeag, but was incorporated as an independent town 
in 1668. Agriculture is a pursuit of considerable import- 
ance, especially at Rial Side, Centerville and North Bev- 



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erly ; in the last-named section is the noted Cherry Hill 
Farm, owned by R. P. Waters, and also the extensive 
and picturesque estate of the late John C. Phillips, which 
we pass in sight of on our left, approaching the western 
bank of Wenham Lake. The manufacture of shoes is 
now the leading industry of the city. The shore district 
is known as Beverly Farms, and the home of luxurious 
wealth and beauty. 

We now pass Wenham Lake on our left, a magnificent 
sheet of water, the source of supply for Salem and Bev- 
erly, covering an area of three hundred and twenty acres, 
with an extreme depth of fifty-three feet. 

On the Strand, London, there is an old sign " Wenham 
Ice Co.," which had its origin in the day when ice was 
imported from here to Europe. The company now gets 
its ice supply from Northern Europe. 

The water-works were set in motion on December 25, 
1868. There is a private Vv^ay over Chipman Hill, to 
Salem Water Works and Reservoir, open until 6, P. M., 
and the public is admitted until that hour. The reservoir 
is four hundred feet square, and has a capacity of twenty 
million gallons. 

Continuing along the side of the lake is Wenham, a 
pure type of the New England village; at the church, two 
roads diverge, that to the left leads to Asbury Grove, the 
Methodist camp-ground ; that to the right through the 
main street of the village. l]oth ultimately lead to the 
railway station. We are now at the end of the line. 

In summer there is a line of cars, and also a line of 
barges, carrying passengers for five cents, to the camp 
grounds, Asbury Grove. It is only a short walk ; this 
road leads to Hamilton Village and Ipswich. There is 



46 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

some charming scenery between Wenham and Ipswich 
(four miles). Between Wenham and Hamilton, near the 
atter, we pass the residence of Miss Abigail Dodge " Gail 
Hamilton." It is the old Dodge homestead, and stands 
back from the street, on the left, just before entering the 
village. One can take the road to the right to the Che- 
bacco Lakes. Taking a Boston & Maine train from Wen- 
ham it is only about fifteen or sixteen miles along the 
coast line to New Hampshire via Ipswich, Rowley and 
Newburyport, and extending along the coast, about twenty 
miles to Portsmouth and Kittery, and by steamer to Isles 
of Shoals. 

Or by Rockport Branch from Beverly, to Rockport and 
Thatcher's Island, via Beverly Farms, Pride's Crossing, 
Manchester and Manchester by the Sea, Magnolia, West 
Gloucester and Gloucester, along the beautiful North 
Shore to Rockport. Fare from Salem depot to Beverly, 
five cents; fare from Salem depot to Wenham, ten cents; 
distance from Salem depot to Wenham seven miles; 
time, one hour and eight minutes. 



ROUTE No. 42. 



Wenbain to Salem. 

Returning by the same route, viz. : Main, Enon and 
Dodge Sts, to Rantoul St, at Gloucester Crossing, and 
through the shoe factory district, passing Federal St., is 
the Beverly pottery, so well known to many, and is worthy 
of a visit. You can change here for the Cove. 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE, 47 



ROUTE No. 43. 

Salem to Beverly Cove. 

Leaving the office, on Town House Sq. take an old yel- 
low horse car, marked overhead Beverly Cove^ to Beverly 
Bridge, via Cabot or Rantoul St., and Dane and Knowlton 
Sts. to Hale St., which branches off near South Church, is 
the main thoroughfare along the shore, and extends to 
Manchester, a distance of seven miles, or six miles beyond 
Chapman's Corner, where the car route ends. Sometimes 
you are at the water's edge, and again a half mile from 
the extreme end of some point. Fare, five cents ; distance, 
four and one-half miles ; time, forty-five minutes. 



ROUTE No. 44. 



Peabocly, North Salem and the Willows. 

Leaving Peabody Sq., and via Foster, Central and 
Wallis Sts. to Tremont St. ; on this street, passing through 
North Salem to Salem, Harmony Grove (one of the pret- 
tiest cemeteries in the County, the resting place of George 
Peabody), through Oakland, Balcolm, School and Buffum 
Sts., and via Mason and North Federal to Washington 
St., Salem Office. 

Leaving for the Willows via Front to Charter St. (on 
this street is the Charter St. Cemetery, celebrated as the 
burial place of Hilliard Veren and Martha Corey, victims 
to the cruel witchcraft persecution), and through Derby, 
St., passing the old Custom House, head of Derby Wharf. 



48 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

_^ • 

built in 1819. In former years the customs collections 
were very large, an extensive trade being carried on with 
all parts of the world. During the quarter ending with 
December. 1807, the duties at this port amounted to ^511,- 
000. In those days, Derby Wharf was lined with merchant 
vessels from different parts of the world, sometimes two 
or three deep. The old wharf is now fast passing away, 
the sides crumbling and falling. 

The eagle, over the Custom House, is that described 
by Hawthorne as "an enormous specimen of the Ameri 
can eagle, with outspread wings ; a shield before her 
breast, and a bunch of thunderbolts and barbed arrows 
in each claw.'' 

Derby St. may be termed the most historic street in 
Salem — a city teeming with historic streets and houses. 
In the north-west corner room of house No. 21 Union St.. 
near Derby, was born, on July 4, 1804, one of Salem's 
celebrated sons, Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of his favo- 
rite haunts was the old Ingersoll house at the foot of Tur- 
ner St., near corner of Derby St., frequently designated 
" The House of Seven Gables." It is claimed by some 
that this house, which has many gables, suggested to 
Hawthorne the name of his now famous romance. The 
old square house. No. 53 Charter St., is where he lays the 
scene of the first part of his publication," Dr. Grimshaw's 
Secret." 

Passing through Block House Sq. and Fort Ave. to 
Salem Neck, a peninsula lying to the east of the city. 
It has been a popular summer resort for the people of 
Salem, Boston, Lynn, Lowell and elsewhere, for twenty 
years, and is never stale or tiresome. The Neck is divided 
into two sections : the Willows, which is mainly a public 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 49 

ground, containing dining places, bathing houses, etc., and 
Juniper, which is the section allotted to private residences. 

Twenty-five years ago this locality was a mere waste, 
without a building on it ; the only street was a rough and 
crooked lane, now a broad avenue, on which run several 
lines of electric cars, making the journey short and pleas- 
ant. 

Juniper Point has been built up largely through the en- 
terprise of Mr. Daniel B. Gardner, of Salem, who in 1875, 
purchased that section known as the Allen farm, contain- 
ing about forty-two acres, and laid it out in streets; since 
that time he has continued to improve and beautify it with 
trees, fountains, etc. The locality is healthy, pleasant 
and comfortable. The ocean in front and a salt water 
cove in rear, purify the atmosphere and temper the air. 
Across the cove is Winter Island, the property of the 
Plummer Farm School, save a small section used by the 
government for light-house purposes, and the ruins of old 
Fort Pickering. The frigate Essex, one of the most his- 
toric ships of the American navy, was built here in 1799. 
As we approach the Willows we pass the City Almshouse 
and Farm on the left, and the Rowell Farm on the right. 
Just beyond the hospital is the ruin of old Fort Lee, first 
built in 1699. 

The Willows section is a delightful resort, well equipped 
and orderly, and designed by nature for a place of rest 
and recreation ; a good band of music is provided every 
summer afternoon, and a good dinner or lunch is always 
to be had. A steamer conveys passengers to Baker's 
Island, for eight cents, each w^ay. Fare from Peabody, 
ten cents; from Salem, five cents; distance from Peabody, 
four miles ; time, forty-five minutes. 



50 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 



ROUTE No. 45. 

Willows to Salem, 

Returning by Fort Ave. and Webb and Essex Sts. to 
Washington St. Cars run to the Willows from May i to 
November 30 ; the remaining five months they terminate 
at Fort Ave. 

ROUTE No. 46. 

Salem to Lynn. 

Taking a maroon-colored car, marked Saugus and 
Swampscott on side, Siun7ner St. in front, we go by the 
way of Dodge and Lafayette Sts. to Loring Ave., through 
South Salem. The two last named streets are noted for 
their fine residences. After passing the railroad crossing, 
on our right is the white lead mills, where the celebrated 
"Forest River" lead is made. Continuing towards 
Swampscott Cemetery, we notice two posts side by side, 
one is marked " Loring Ave. to Salem," the other " Essex 
St. to Lynn," This is the dividing line. Crossing the 
railroad bridge, we are in Upper Swampscott, and go by 
the way of Essex and Union Sts. to Central Sq., Lynn. 
Fare, ten cents ; distance, seven and one-half miles ; time, 
one hour. 



ROUTE No. 47. 

Liynn to Peabody via Wyoma. 

Leaving Central Sq., taking a vermilion car, marked 
Washington St. in front, and via Andrew, Market and 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 5 1 

Washington Sts. to Boston St., Lynn, passing on the left 
the Pine Grove Cemetery, one of the prettiest in New 
England; passing Wenuchus Sq. and Flax Pond on the 
right, and through Broadway, Wyoma, and Boston St., 
passing St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, and 
Brown's Pond, on the left, to Washington St., Peabody ; 
turning the corner at the monument into Main St., passing 
the Peabody Institute to Peabody Sq. Fare, ten cents ; 
distance, six miles ; time, fifty minutes. 



ROUTE No. 48. 



Belt liine Circuit, Liynn. 

Color of car, maroon, marked on side Belt Line, on 
front East and West Ly?tn ; taking a west-bound car on 
Mt. Vernon St., rear of Central Depot, via Spring to 
Broad St. to Revere Beach Depot, and Market St., and 
via State, Wheeler and Alley Sts. to West Lynn depots 
of Boston & Maine and Revere Beach railroads, and Gas 
Works, up Commercial and Neptune Sts. to South St., 
passing South St. M. E. Church, on the left, and rear side 
of Old West Lynn Cemetery. On our left is Lynn Com- 
mon Station, Saugus Branch. Entering Western Ave. 
on our left Weber's Morocco Factory, and General Elec- 
tric Co.'s Works. From here we have a straight flight to 
Glenmere ; before reaching Chestnut St. on the right is 
the handsome Pinkham residence with a bell crowned 
tower, and on the left the Lydia E. Pinkham Laboratory. 

Beyond Chestnut St. on the right are the grounds of 



52 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

the Bicycle Park, and Base Ball Club. Passing the car 
sheds and turning into Eastern Ave., on our left is the 
celebrated Floating Bridge. In 1885 Eastern Ave. was 
meadow land, and is now a fast growing section of the 
city. Passing Essex St. on the left is the East Lynn 
Chapel (Friends) ; turning into Brookline St., parallel to 
the railroad, is a shoe factory district ; on Chatham St. 
we cross the tracks of the Boston & Maine at East Lynn 
Station, via Bloomfield St. to Goldfish Pond, and by 
Chestnut, Howard and Friend Sts. to place of starting. 
Fare, five cents; distance, seven miles; time, one hour. 



ROUTE No, 49. 



Central Station to Liakeside. 

Taking a green car going east marked Franklin and 
Chatham Sts. in front, Myrtle St. and Glenmere on side, 
and Euclid Ave. on front roof. Going up Union St. pass- 
ing on left St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, and St. 
Paul's M. E. Church on the right; across Mason St. to 
Woodend Engine House, to Essex St., passing Ingalls 
School on the left ; and via Chatham St. passing Hood 
School and St. Luke's M. E. Church (Oakwood Ave.), on 
the right, and across Maple St. to Euclid Ave., around 
the charming water front of Flax Pond, through what is 
rightly termed Lynn's beautiful suburb, Lakeside, to Broad- 
way, Wyoma. Fare, five cents ; distance, two and a half 
miles ; time, twenty-three minutes. 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 53 

ROU TE No. 50. 

Lakeside and Gleninere to Myrtle St. 

This ride is over what is Lynn's most useful car route, 
passing on its way nine Methodist, one Baptist, one Pres- 
byterian and three Roman Catholic churches, eight pub- 
lic schools, and the Parochial School, Lynn Hospital, 
City Hall, and the principal business banking and shoe 
manufacturing districts. Taking same route to Central 
Sq., or can return by Wyoma (blue) car, via Broadway on 
the other side of Flax Pond. 

Leaving Central Sq. via Andrew and Market Sts. to 
City Hall Sq., passing First M. E. Church on right, to 
Franklin St.; on our left is the Cobbet School buildings, 
and further on an old-fashioned primary school ; turning 
at Hospital Sq. to Boston St., on our right is Boston St. 
M. E. Church, cor. New Park St. This pretty avenue 
runs through what was eight years ago a circus field. 
Passing on the left, John T. Moulton's and Donallan's 
morocco factories, we come to Tower Hill ; turning into 
Myrtle St., on our left is Trinity Church. Arriving at 
the terminus we are a few minutes' walk from Breed's 
Pond, Dungeon Road to Lynn Public Park, Dungeon Rock, 
Reservoir, Newhall Heights and Sadler's Rock. Fare, 
five cents; distance, five miles ; time, forty-five minutes. 



ROUTE No. 51. 

Breed's Pond via Myrtle St. to Naliant Beacb. 

We will now, for a change, provide ourselves with a 
lemon yellow car, marked on sides Myrtle^ Walnut and 
Washington Sts., and on roof A'ahant Beach. 



54 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

Leaving Myrtle St. and crossing Holyoke St. to Wal- 
nut St. On a commanding elevation on our left is the 
stone residence of the late Judge James R. Newhall, built 
by him in 1854. This place was settled by Joseph Sadler 
in 1634. On the right is the pumping station of Lynn 
Water Works ; on the left Sadler's Hill, and further on 
Pine Hill. Entering Win.ter St. on our left is Linwood 
Park, a very pretty residential section and on the hill 
above is the Tapley mansion, and the rocky prominence 
known as Lover's Leap, where tradition says a love-strick- 
en couple ended their days on the rapid transit plan. 

Next is the Sargeant mansion, and Holder's Hill. Pass- 
ing down North Franklin St., with its bower of stately 
elms and horse chestnut trees, turning into Boston St., on 
our right is the Lynn Hospital, and as we turn into Wash- 
ington St., Pine Grove Cemetery is on the left. Lynn is 
particularly known for its elegant, " all the year round 
homes," and cosy workingmen's cottages, owned by the 
occupants. On Washington St., and the section to the 
left, the Highlands, we see some fine specimens. Turning 
into Essex St., on our left is the Washington St. Baptist 
Church, and on the right, the A. F. Smith shoe manufac- 
tory. Passing by City Hall, into Market St., and via Ox- 
ford St. to Central Sq., and via Spring St. to New Wash- 
ington St., we pass many modern shoe factories, and the 
Lynn and Boston R. R. Electrical Power Station, and the 
Lynn Yacht Club headquarters. Arriving at Nahant 
Beach we find the Hotel Nahant, an elegant and capacious 
structure, fully equipped with everything requisite to suit 
the wants of the pleasure loving public. Fare, five cents. 



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ROUTE No. 52. 



Nahant Beacli to Cliftondale. 

Returning by same route to Central Sq., and transfer 
to a dark red car, marked Sum7ner St. in front and over- 
head Cliftondale., and via Andrew St., crossing Market 
St. to Summer St., on the corner, on the right, is Odd 
Fellows' Hall; through Summer St. to Houghton Sq. 
(Here Western Ave. from Boston intersects). We continue 
on Summer St., past Green's morocco works, Hathaway's 
cement works, and Butman's grain mills, over the Mill 
Pond Brook, to Raddin's Station, Saugus Branch. On the 
right is Echo Grove ; we now pass through a cottage sec- 
tion of surpassing beauty, Brockville. Passing to Hudson 
Sq. and via Boston St., over the Saugus River bridge, to 
East Saugus, and Lincoln Ave. to Cliftondale. Here 
from May to November cars connect for Maplewood and 
Maiden, for five cents. Fare, five cents. 



I 



ROUTE No. 53. 



Cliftondale to Upper Swampscott. 

Return by same route to Central Sq., Lynn, and via 
Union and Essex Sts., to Upper -Swampscott (see Lynn 
to Salem), and Salem line. Fare, five cents. 



56 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 



ROUTE No. 54. 

Upper Swampscott to Saugus Centre. 

Returning by same route, only see that your car is for 
Saugus Centre, through Lynn to East Saugus, and by 
Chestnut St. passing East Saugus M. E. Church and Sau- 
gus Cemetery on the right, crossing the tracks at Saugus 
Station, and to the Soldier's Monument, passing the hand- 
some Town Hall, and the old Congregational Church on 
the right. Here connection is made with a branch line 
from Melrose. Fare, five cents. 



ROUTE No. 55. 

Saugus Centre to Beach Bluff Avenue. 

On leaving here ask the conductor for a transfer for 
Swampscott, returning by same car over same route to 
Central Sq., Lynn, and transferring to a cream-colored 
car from Boston, marked overhead Lyn?i and Marblehead 
and via the route Boston to Swampscott, to Beach Bluff 
Ave. Fare, five cents ; distance, nine miles ; time, one 
hour and twenty minutes. 



ROUTE No. 56. 

Beach Bluff Ave. to Cliftondale. 

This is a long and lovely ride through Swampscott, 
Lynn and Saugus, to a very short distance to Franklin 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 57 

Riding and Racing Park, first providing yourself with a 
transfer to a Saugus car, and over the route already de- 
scribed to Cliftondale. 

Here you can change cars for Boston via Maiden, or 
through Linden, Maplewood and Maiden to Revere, Cres- 
cent Beach and Point of Pines. Fare, time and distance 
same as Saugus and Beach Bluff. 



ROUTE No. 57. 

West Liynii to Lynn Woods. 

At Lynn Common Station, we take a light blue car, 
marked IVyoma, Glettmere and West Lynn^ and on the 
roof Lynn Woods, and following the route via the Com- 
mon to Central Sq., passing the West Lynn Odd Fellows' 
Building, on our left, on Market Sq., next to the Home 
for Aged Women, and the handsome Odd Fellows' Hall, 
cor. Market and Summer Sts. on the right, containing the 
most elaborate suite of Lodge and other rooms in New 
England. Lynn enjoys the honor of having the largest 
lodge of Odd Fellows (Bay State, No. 40) and the largest 
Grand Army Post(Gen. Lander Post 5) in the United States. 

Passing up Union St., from Central Sq., to Chestnut 
St., by the Good Will soap works, Meadow Park and the 
Glenmere Odd Fellows' Building, passing the Maple St. 
M. E. Church, to Wenuchus Sq., and Broadway, Wyoma, 
passing Flax Pond on the right to Wyoma Sq., and Lynn- 
field St. by St. Mary's R. C. Cemetery, to Great Woods 
Road, entering Lynn's lovely Park, containing one thous- 
and six hundred and fifty acres, extending into the town- 
ships of Lynnfield and Saugus. Fare, five cents. 



58 WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 

ROUTE No. 58. 

Central Square to Lynnliurst. 

Take a maroon-colored car marked on ?,\di& Johnson^ 
Kii'tland and Wahiut St. and in front Federal via Cen- 
tral Sg., we pass through Willow, Johnson and Brimble- 
com Sts. to Western Ave., and through Federal and Kirt" 
land Sts. to Walnut St., passing near Breed's Pond and 
around Birch Pond, to the Saugus boundary at Lynnhurst. 
Here connect with the line from Wakefield and Stoneham 
via North Saugus. Fare from Central Sq., five cents. 



ROUTE No. 59. 

Highland Circuit. 

At Central Sq. (or at any point on the route) we take a 
vermilion car, with Highland on sides, and go by the way 
of Union and Ireson Sts. to Rockaway St.; at cor. of 
High Rock St., on the left, you are one minute's walk 
from High Rock; then continue over the steep incline of 
Hollings worth and High Rock Sts. to Rogers Ave., and 
via Essex and Market Sts. to place of starting. Fare, 
five cents; distance, two miles; time, fifteen minutes. 



ROUTE No. 60. 



Myrtle St. to New Ocean St. 

Starting from head of Myrtle St. taking a yellow car, 
marked Myrtle^ Washitigton and Walnut Sts., and over- 



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head Lewis St., and going- through Wahiut, Winter and 
North Franklin Sts. to Washington St., and Essex and 
Market Sts. to Revere Beach Depot, through Broad and 
Lewis Sts. to New Ocean St., near King's Beach and 
Swampscott. Fare, five cents. 



ROUTE No. 61. 



Central Sq. to Gleniiiere via Laigliton St. 

This pretty route gives Glenmere residents a quick, 
short-cut ride down town. Fare, five cents. 



ROUTE No. 62. 



Chelsea to Woburn. 

At Chelsea square we board a crimson electric car, 
marked Woburit^ and Chelsea in front, and through line 
on roof, proceeding by Everett Ave., Chelsea St. to Ever- 
ett and Ferry St. to 

Maiden. 

On the corner of Main St. is an elegant new stone 
church edifice of the first Baptist Society, next is Mai- 
den's handsome Public Library. Approaching Melrose, 
on the left we pass immense factories, being a part of the 
manufacturing plant of the Boston Rubber Shoe Manu- 
facturing Company. Next come the great Middlesex 
Fells, which is being converted into a lovely Park, for 
which work the Park Commissioners, in conjunction with 



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the surrounding towns, have contributed ^125,000, which 
amount will be supplemented from time to time, as the 
work progresses. 

Melrose. 

On our right is Pine Banks Park, although not really 
a public resort, being mostly private property, with lovely 
residences, surrounded by fine lawns,flower plotted grounds, 
shady groves, etc. ; yet sight seers and lovers of the beau- 
tiful may walk around, or seek repose in the many shady 
nooks to be found here. 

We now pass through Main St., and Green St. to Mel- 
rose Highlands. Passing over the Boston and Maine 
tracks (Reading Branch), beyond the car shed, we meet 
the cars of the Wakefield and Stoneham St. R. R. Con- 
tinuing on Franklin St. to Stoneham Sq., we here again 
meet the Wakefield and Stoneham cars. Leaving the 
square by Main St., and Montvale Ave., to Woburn line, 
and by Central, Orange, Pine, Salem and Main Sts. to 
Depot Sq., Woburn; here, beyond the Common on the 
left, is the handsome brick railway station, and opposite 
is the elegant stone structure, with its red-tiled roofs, built 
from a fund donated by Jonathan Bowers Winn, Esq., for 
a Public Library for the citizens of Woburn, costing over 
^100,000, and containing, besides the library, reading room 
and art gallery, antique kitchen furniture. Distance from 
Chelsea to Woburn, twelve miles; time, one hour and a 
half; fare, fifteen cents. 



ROUTE No. 63. 

Woburn to North Woburn. 

Take a horse car of the North Woburn St. railway at 
the Common and proceed north through Main St. to Elm 
St., passing on the left Count Rumford's birthplace, and 
near the end of our ride, on the same side, the Baldwin 
Mansion, built in 166 r by Colonel Baldwin, a British offi- 
cer, and by whom the Baldwin apple was introduced, and 



WHERE TO GO. — HOW TO GET THERE. 6l 



first raised on this lovely and extensive farm ; it is still 
owned and used as a summer residence by one of his 
heirs, who resides in Quebec, Canada. At the car stables 
our ride ends, but the road beyond affords some lovely 
walks or drives. Distance, two and a half miles; time, 
twenty minutes ; fare, five cents. 



ROUTE No. 64. 



North Woburii to Winchester, and Meclford 
to Boston. 

Leaving North Woburn stables, and returning to 
Woburn, from Depot Square we ride through three miles 
of pretty country, to the still prettier town of Winchester, 
and two miles further to Medford Square, connecting 
with the West End cars for Boston via Maiden, Everett 
and Charlestown. Fares : North Woburn or Woburn to 
Winchester, five cents ; North Woburn or Woburn to 
Medford, ten cents ; Medford Square to Boston via Win- 
ter Hill, five cents; West Medford to Boston, ten cents. 



ROUTE No. 65. 

Lynn to Wakefield and Stoneham via North 

Saug"us. 

Leaving the Lynnhurst car from Lynn, and connecting 
at Birch Pond (Lynn boundary) with a yellow electric of 
the Wakefield & Stoneham line, passing on our way the 
Birch Brook canal and other tributaries of the Lynn 
Water Works system. Crossing the Saugus line, the con- 
ductor will collect another five-cent fare, which entitles 
you to a ride through Wakefield to Stoneham. At Town 
Hall Corner, you may transfer to Melrose Highlands or 
Reading. Lynnhurst to Wakefield Town Hall, five miles ; 



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time, thirty-five minutes. Lynnhurst to Stoneham, seven 
and one-half miles; time, fifty-two minutes. Wakefield to 
Melrose Highlands, three miles; time, twenty minutes. 
Fare from Lynnhurst to North Saugus and Wakefield 
boundary, five cents, and an additional five cents to 
Wakefield, Stoneham, Melrose Highlands or Reading. 



ROUTE No. 66. 



Wakefield. 

Riding from Chelsea to Woburn, at Melrose Highlands, 
and at Stoneham Sq., we connect with Wakefield & 
Stoneham railroad. 

Take a car at latter place, and ride around and through 
this pretty and enterprising town of Wakefield, formerly 
South Reading, named after the late Cyrus Wakefield, 
the founder of the well-known rattan works, and to whose 
beneficence and enterprise the town is indebted for many 
valuable improvements and donations, among which is 
the Town Hall, costing $10,000. Wakefield Park, Lake 
Quannapowitt and Crystal Lake are among the attractions. 



Ijovely Rides from Lynn. 

Taking a Cliftondale car from any point, or by trans- 
fer from some other route, proceed to Cliftondale, and 
from there take a car via Linden and Maplewood to 
Maiden, then a Woburn electric to Woburn via Melrose, 
Melrose Highlands and Stoneham, thence by horse-cars 
to North Woburn ; this fare will cost you twenty-five cents. 
Returning, you pass through Woburn to Winchester for 
five cents, and five cents to Medford (the latter a summer 
line), and from Medford to West Medford, five cents 
each way. From Medford Sq. to Boston via Maiden and 
Everett, five cents. 

Note. — On page 6 (Chelsea) where it is stated you are required to 
pay a ten-cent fare, remember you must ask the Lynn conductor for a 
Revere ticket, otherwise he may want a full fare. • 



INDFX. • 63 



INDEX. 



:e page 

1. Lynn to Boston 5 

2. Chelsea to Roxbury 7 

3. Chelsea to Boston Highlands 9 

4. Boston to Reservoir 9 

5. Reservoir by Check to Franklin Park, \V. Roxbury . . 12 

6. Franklin Park by Check to City Point, South Boston . 13 

7. City Point to Clarendon Hill. Somerville' 14 

8. Clarendon Hill by Check to Milton 15 

9. Milton by Check to North Avenue, North Cambridge . 16 

North Avenue by Check to Forest Hills 17 

Forest Hills by Check to Putnam Avenue, Cambridge . 18 

Putnam Avenue by Check to Jamaica Plain 19 

Jamaica Plain by Check via Highland Avenue to Davis 

Square, Somerville 19 

Highland Avenue by Check to Dorchester via Grove 

Hall 20 

Dorchester via Grove Hall to Winthrop Junction via 

East Boston 20 

Winthrop Junction to Roxbury 21 

Roxbury by Check to Meetinp- House Hill, Dorchester . 21 

Meeting House Hill by Check to Oak Square, Brighton 22 

Oak Square to City Point 22 

City Point to Mt. Auburn, Watertown 23 

Mt. Auburn by Check to Franklin Park 24 

Franklin Park by Check to Brighton, via Western 

Avenue 25 

Brighton by Check to Maiden and Medford 26 

Medford and Maiden by Check to Spring Hill .... 26 

Spring Hill by Check to Norfolk House 26 

Norfolk House by Check to Porter's Station, North 

Cambridge 27 

Milton by Check to Revere and Linden 27 

Boston to Nevi^ton 28 

Newton to Waltham 28 

Waltham to Watertown 29 

Watertown to Newton Upper Falls and Echo Bridge 

Park, via Newtonville 29 

Various Routes 30 

Boston to Beverly or Salem Willows 32 

Steamboat Routes 

Bass Point and Nahant 34 

Nantasket Steamers 34 

North Shore to Gloucester 35 

Lynn to Nahant 35 

Boston to Boston 35 



STRANGERS' DIRECTORY 

... OF ... 

Places of Interest and Amusement. 



BOSTON. 



1 Old South Church. 

Corner Washington and Milk Sts. Loan historic 
collections of relics, pictures, etc. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fee, 
25 cents. 

2 Bostonian Society's Rooms. 

Old State House, head of State St. Memorial Halls, 
historic collections, paintings, etc. 9 30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. 
Free. 

3 Washington Statue. 

Opposite Commonwealth Ave., in the Public Gardens, 
stands Ball's Equestrian Statue of the great and illustri- 
ous Washington. 

4 State House. 

Beacon, head of Park St. (opp. Common). Statuary, 
battle flags, war relics, etc. View from Dome. 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. Free. ♦ 



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5 Public Library. 

Bate's Hall, Boylston St. (opp. Common). Open (ex- 
cept on legal holidays). 8.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays, 
afternoon and evening. Free. 

6 Museum of Natural History and Geology. 

Corner Boylston and Berkeley Sts. (near Copley Sq.). 
9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Fee, 25 cents. Wednesdays and Satur- 
days, ID A.M. to 5 P.M., free." 

7 Museum of Fine Arts. 

Copley Sq. and Dartmouth St. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee, 
25 cents. Sunday, i a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sun- 
days, free. 

8 Genealog^ical Rooms. 

No. 18 Somerset St. New England history and geneal- 
ogy. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. 

9 Boston Young' Women's Christian Associ- 

ation Rooms. 

No. 40 Berkeley, cor. Appleton St. Free reading room, 
business agency, etc. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Free to visitors. 
Opsn Sundays. 

10 Boston Y. M. C. Association Building. 

Corner Boylston and Berkeley Sts. Library, reading 
rooms, gymnasium, etc. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Free to visit- 
ors. Open»Sundays. Sunday services at 4 p.m. 



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11 Boston Y. M. Christian Union Rooms. 

Reception rooms, library, reading rooms, gymnasium, 
etc. 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. Free to visitors. Open Sundays. 

12 Tremont Temple. 

Nos. 78 to 86 Tremont St., near School St. Grand ser- 
vice of song, every Sunday, 3 p.m. Vocal and instrumental 
solos, duets, etc. Congregation of 3,000 voices, led by an 
orchestra of 15 pieces. All seats free. During rebuilding 
of Temple, services are held at Music Hall, entrance 
Hamilton Place and Winter St. (discontinued during July 
and August). You cannot spend a more enjoyable Sun- 
day afternoon than at these services. 

13 Women's Education and Instruction 

Rooms. 

Perkins' Hall, 264 Boylston St. Free reading room, 
sales and lunch room. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free to visitors 
Open Sundays, 12 m. to 6 p.m. 

14 "The Youth's Companion" Building-. 

Corner Columbus Ave. and Berkeley Sts. A gentle- 
man will conduct visitors through the different depart- 
ments during business hours. 

15 Perkins Institution for the Blind. 

No. 553 East Broadway, South Boston. School exer- 
cises, musical performances, etc. Thursdays at 11 a.m. 
Fee, 15 cents. Take Dover St. S. B. car. 



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16 Public Gardens. 

Sail around the pond on the gondolas (week days), 
fare 5 cents ; boats by the hour. Ball's equestrian statue 
of Washington, near Commonwealth Ave. : also, statue of 
Charles Sumner, near Boylston St. and Edward Everett, 
near Beacon St. Rustic arbor near Charles St. Fount- 
ains, groves, arbors, flower and foliage plants, trees and 
beautiful statuary, etc. Free to public. 

17 Old State House. 

(Known as the Old Town House). 

The old town house stands at the head of State St., or 
King St. in the days of Stamp-Acts, was built in 1660, 
and was twice burnt and rebuilt. A council chamber 
formerly occupied the east end, and it was in this cham- 
ber that James Otis declared before a court of Admiralty, 
that "taxation without representation is tyranny." " Then 
and there," writes Pres. Adams, "was the scene of the first 
act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain." 
Then and there, "the child of independence was born." 
State street has been the scene of many important events. 
The balcony of the State House is the popular pulpit, and 
from here was read the Declaration of Independence. 
In 1770 the " Boston Massacre" took place in State Street. 
For several days preceding the event there had been dis- 
turbances between the king's soldiers and the townspeople, 
which had put the officers on the alert. The soldiers were 
collected in barracks before night, and sentries were 
placed, to prevent difficulty. One of these sentinels was 
striking fire against the walls with his sword, for amuse- 
ment, when two or three young men attempted to pass 



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him : having orders to let no one pass, a struggle ensued, 
and one of the young men received a wound on the head. 
The noise which followed drew together a considerable 
crowd, and a cry was raised, "to the main guard !" and 
the crowd rushed towards its station on State St. On 
their way they passed the Custom House, before the door 
of which stood a sentinel ; alarmed at their approach, he 
retreated, and sent word to the barracks, near by, that he 
was attacked; a company soon came to his assistance: 
the captain of the day, named Preston, followed immedi- 
ately, and the Custom House, which stood at the corner 
of Exchange and State Sts., was soon thronged by a con- 
siderable multitude ; the soldiers were pressed closely by 
the mob, who threw stones, sticks and lumps of ice ; while 
from every side came cries of " Fire, if you dare ! " The 
soldiers heard, or thought they heard, the order, and fired, 
three persons were killed on the spot, two died of their 
wounds next day, and others were more or less injured. 
The people immediately dispersed, leaving the dead bod- 
ies on the ground, but returned in a few minutes, when 
the soldier's aimed once more at them, but the command- 
ing officer struck up their guns with his sword. The drum 
was beat to arms, and several of the officers, on their way 
to join the guard, were knocked down, and their swords 
taken from them. Order was restored, and Captain Pres- 
ton delivered himself up for trial. The dead were buried 
with some pomp, and when the excitement had subsided, 
Preston was tried and acquitted. Open to visitors from 
9.30 A.M. to 4.30 P.M. ; free. Some very interesting historic 
relics, and valuable pictures and documents are on exhibi- 
tion on the two upper floors, entering either door on State 
Street. 



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1 8 Faneuil Hall. 

Merchants' Row and Faneuil Hall Sq. Ol^ Faneuil 
Hall, which a half century ago, stood at the water's edge 
overlooking the dock. Faneuil Hall, was used as a town- 
hall in the time of the Revolution, and as a theatre by the 
British officers during the long siege of Boston. Within 
its walls arose the first murmur, which, stirred by the dar- 
ing eloquence of Adams and Otis, terminated in the 
Declaration of Independence. The name by which it is 
best known, is, "the Cradle of Liberty." 

In the year 1740, Peter Faneuil (a Huguenot), made an 
offer to build, at his own expense, " an edifice on the 
town's land in Dock Sq., to be improved for a hall and 
market, for the sole use, benefit and advantage of the 
town, provided that the town would authorize it, and lay 
the same under such proper regulations as should be 
thought necessary, and support the same constantly for 
said use ; " a vote of thanks was immediately passed to 
Mr. Faneuil, the work was commenced, and two years 
afterwards, " Mr. Samuel Ruggles. who was employed in 
building said house, waited on the selectmen, by order of 
P. Faneuil, Esq., and delivered them the key of said house." 
A meeting was then held in the hall, and a motion was 
made that thanks of the town be given to Peter Faneuil, 
Esq., for his generous benefaction of the Market House 
to the town ; and resolutions were drawn up and passed 
to that effect. A large committee of the first citizens 
waited on him, " and in the name of the town, tendered 
their most hearty thanks for so beautiful a gift, with their 
prayers that this and other expressions of his bounty and 



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charity might be abundantly recompensed with divine 
blessing." 

Another vote was then passed unanimously, " that in 
testimony of the town's gratitude to Peter Faneuil, Esq., 
and to perpetuate his memory, the hall over the market- 
place be named Faneuil Hall, and at all times hereafter 
be called by that name." 

And, as a further testimony of respect, it was voted, 
"that Mr. Faneuil's picture be drawn at full length, at 
the town's expense, and placed in the Hall." 

Mr. Faneuil did not live long to enjoy the gratitude of 
his townsmen. He died suddenly, a year after the com- 
pletion of the building. His funeral oration was delivered 
by Mr. John Lovell, Master of the Grammar School. 

The Faneuil family had been more than fifty years 
in America, and had fled from persecution in France. The 
Faneuil arms were subsequently placed in the hall. Eight 
or nine years after the erection of Faneuil Hall, it took 
fire from a neighboring conflagration, and was nearly burnt 
to the ground. It was enlarged and rebuilt soon after. 

A visit to this historic hall will be interesting to visitors. 
Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 

19 Back Bay Park, near West Chester 

Park. 

This recent work of art bids fair to surpass anything 
ever attempted in this line. Located in the midst of a 
section where everything is beautifully grand, it will cer- 
tainly be second to none. Take any Back Bay car; five- 
cent fare. 

20 Charles Kiver Park. 

On Charles St., Boston, opposite Suffolk County jail ; 



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this pretty park borders the Charles River, between the 
West Boston and Craigie's bridges, on the route of all 
the Cambridge and Somerville cars. Swings, arbors and 
seats are bountifully supplied. 

21 Quiiicy Market. 

Opposite east side of Faneuil Hall, and bounded on 
either side by North and South Market Sts. to Atlantic 
Ave. 

22 Marine Park, City Point. 

Ocean Pier and bridge connecting with Castle Island 
and Fort Independence; Farragut -statue, beaches, dining 
halls, pavilions, boat landings, flying horses, etc. ' 

23 T Wharf. 

The scene of the Boston Tea-Party in 1775, when citi- 
zens disguised as Indians, emptied the cargoes of two 
tea ships from England into Boston harbor. 

24 Soldiers' Monument. 

On Monument Hill, in the centre of Boston Common. 

25 Coninionwealtli Avenue. 

Boston's boulevard. Here are grassy lawns, shade 
trees, statues, and inviting benches. This avenue will be 
extended from its present western terminus on West 
Chester Park, through Longwood and Brookline to U. S. 
Arsenal bridge, connecting Brighton with Newton. Enter 
from center of Public Gardens, opposite Washington's 
statue. 



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26 Hotel Venclome. 

One of Boston's leading hotels. Built of white marble, 
and beautifully situated on corner of Dartmouth St. and 
Commonwealth Ave. Dining room seats three hundred. 
The hom.e of Presidents Cleveland and Harrison, and 
families, during their visits to Boston. 

27 Trinity Churcli. 

On Copley Sq. The elegant church home of the late 
Rev. Phillips Brooks. 

28 New Armory. 

On Columbus Ave., nearly opposite the Providence 
Depot. 

29 City Hall. 

School St., rear of King's Chapel. 

30 Parker House. 

Corner Tremont and School Sts., opposite City Hall. 

31 Mechanics' Charitable Association. 

Popularly known as the Mechanics' Fair Building, 
Huntington Ave. 

32 Berkeley Temple. 

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Sts. 

33 Masonic Temple. 

Corner Tremont and Boylston Sts., opposite Common. 



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34 Ames Building'. 

One hundred and ninety-six feet high; corner Court 
and Washington Sts, 

35 Suffolk County Court House. 

On Pemberton Sq., off Scollay Sq. 

36 Union Station. 

Causeway St., opposite Canal St. When completed, 
will be the largest and best equipped railroad station in the 
country. 

37 King's Chapel. 

Built by the British, and remains unchanged. Corner 
Tremont and School Sts. 

38 Park Square. 

With monument in center, representing " Lincoln libera- 
ting the slave," and Providence depot (Old Colony system.) 

39 Blackstone Square. 

On the west side of Washington St., between West 
Brookline and West Newton Sts. 

40 Franklin Square. 

On the east side of Washington St., between East 
Brookline and East Newton Sts. 

41 Chester Square. 

Between Shawmut Ave. and Tremont St., and extend- 



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ing to East and West Chester Park, from Dorchester to 
Harvard brid2:e. 



CAMBRIDGE, 

* 



42 Mount Auburn Cemetery. 

Consecrated, Sept. 24, 1831, 

Brattle St., Cambridge, one of the oldest, and con- 
taining the loveliest combination of nature and art in any 
cemetery in New England, and the resting place of many 
of her " illustrious dead," among whom are Charles Sum- 
ner, Henry W. Longfellow, Phillips Brooks, Louis Agassiz, 
Anson Burlingame, Fannie Fern, Charlotte Cushman, 
Edwin Booth, Edward Everett and James Russell Lowell. 
Among the objects of interest to visitors is the Stone Tower, 
the top of which is 200 feet above sea level; the Chapel; 
and the Sphinx on Cypress Ave. The fare is 5 cents on 
any Cambridge car, for Harvard Sq., from Park or Scol- 
lay Sq., on Tremont St., or from City Point, or by check 
from any other route for 8 cents. 

43 Agassiz Museum. 

Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Natural history collec- 
tion. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Free. East Cambridge car. 

44 Harvard Botanical Gardens. 

Llnkaen St., Cambridge. Seven acres of grounds; 
greenhouses. Take car for Harvard Sq., and transfer to 
Mt. Auburn or Newton car, or take latter at Bowdoin Sq, 
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45 Harvard University Grounds. 

Visitors will find these grounds interesting. Take any 
Harvard Sq. car. 

46 Peabody Museum. 

Divinity Ave., Cambridge. American and foreign 
archaeology and ethnology. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Take 
any car for Harvard Sq. or East Cambridge. Five-cent 
fare. 



ROXBURY. 



47 Forest Hills Cemetery and Massachusetts 
Crematory. 

Forest Hills Ave., West Roxbury. Artistic elegance 
and superb taste are lavishly displayed. The Egyptian 
Arch over the entrance is particularly beautiful. Nature 
has also lent a willing hand in making this charming spot 
a wonder to all admirers. Opposite the rear gate of the 
Cemetery, on Walk Hill St., is the new Crematory, a hand- 
some building of rough stone known as felsite, which is 
quarried at Mt. Hope. The trimmings, of limestone, 
the roof of red slate and the steps of granite. In the in- 
cinerating process, instead of the coal or wood furnace, 
four immense oil burners do the work of cremation. 
The entire building and plant cost about $25,000. 5 cents 
from Park Sq. Depot. Take Forest Hills car from Bos- 
ton; and W. Roxbury Branch, Old Colony R. R. Fare 
to Forest Hills, 10 cents; Mt. Hope, 12 cents. 



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48 Mt. Hope Cemetery. 

(Part in Dorchester), Walk Hill St., West Roxbury, 
Visitors will be pleased and interested. Among the works 
of art the Odd Fellows' and Elks' Monuments ; the former 
represents Jonathan and David. Walk Hill St. from 
Washington St., passing in rear of Forest Hills Cemetery 
to Mt. Hope, or from Mattapan by same street. . 

49 Arnold Arboretum and Museum. 

BusSEY Wood Park, West Roxbury. Open daily from 
sunrise to sunset. Free. Ta,ke Forest Hills car to Mor- 
ton St., to the right. Five-cent ride. 

50 Franklin Park. 

Although far from complete, a visit on a summer 
Sunday, or any fine afternoon, will convince one of the 
popularity of this quiet, unpretentious place. There is 
an abundance of lunch and refreshment booths, also an 
efficient park police. Park carriages will take you five 
miles for twenty-five cents. Take any Grove Hall car, or 
Roxbury and Charlestown car. Fare, five cents. 



CHARLESTOWN. 



51 Mass. State Prison. 

Prison Point, Charlestown. 

52 City Square 

And Town Hall, Charlestown. 



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53 Bunker Hill Monument. 

Monument Sq., Charlestown. Revolutionary relics, 
etc. 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Fee, 20 cents. The view from the 
top of the Monument will repay a visit. 



JAMAICA PLAIN 



54 Kindergarten for the Blind. 

Corner Perkins and Day Sts., Jamaica Plain. Visit- 
ors admitted week days after 9 a.m. Free. 



MEDFORD. 



55 Tufts Collegre, Museum, College Hill. 

Barnum Museum of Natural History, rare stuffed ani- 
mals, Jumbo, skeletons, fossils minerals, etc. 2 to 5 p.m. 
Free. Take car at Scollay Sq., for Medford Sq., 5 cents; 
or Clarendon Hill car at Park Sq., 5 cents ; or train at 
Union Station, Causeway St., fare 11 cents. 



MALDEN. 



56 Pine Banks Park. 

A private residential park, beautifully laid out and 
ornamented, on the Melrose border. Although not strictly 
a public resort, is visited by thousands who revel in its 



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lovely scenery, shady nooks and superb walks. Take a 
Wobiirn car from Maiden and Chelsea, and car from 
Wakefield. Fare, five cents from Maiden. 



SOUTH N A TICK 



57 Hiiiiiiew ell's. 

Ox the shores of Lake VVaban, opposite Wellesley 
College, is the charming residence and grounds of H. H. 
Hunnewell, Esq., by whose kind permission intelligent 
visitors are allowed, on week days, to walk over his ex- 
tensive grounds, and seethe abundance of conservatories, 
gardens, terraced lawns, groves, arbors, fairy bowers, 
hedges, bridges, and many other things that are attractive 
and artistic in a country place. Take train from Boston 
& Albany Railroad station, Kneeland St., to Wellesley 
stations; fare, thirty-four cents. Or, take Newton car at 
Bowdoin Sq., Boston; fare, ten cents. Or, same carat 
Harvard Sq. ; fare, five cents, and via B. & A. Railroad 
from Newton to Wellesley, for eighteen cents; from there 
take Washington St., one mile, to Hunnewell's brick gate 
house or lodge. 

NEWTON. 



58 Echo Bridge Park. 

A LOV^ELY picnic place at Newton Upper Falls, being 
fitted up for that purpose. Band concerts, etc., are given 
during the summer season. Electrics from Newtonville 
Sq., five cents, or by transfer from Waltham, Newton or 
Watertown, seven cents. 



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WALTHAM. 



59 Prospect Hill Park (New). 

Waltham terminus of street railway. Charming view 
and driveways. Five and one-half miles from Newton, via 
Newtonville, and West Newton, passing Waltham watch 
works, Park and Common. Fare, five cents. 



SAUGUS. 



60 Franklin Trotting Park. 

For lovers of the turf, the horse track at this park is 
always in favor, and of late as a bicycle park in summer. 
Saturday is always a gala day. Take Saugus branch 
train Boston & Maine, or Maiden and Saugus electric 
cars. 

61 Lily Pond Grove. 

A PICNIC and pleasure resort, beautifully situated near 
Pranker's Pond. Take Summer St., Lynn, car to Prank- 
er's Pond, or Lily Pond, as it is sometimes called. 



WO BURN. 



62 Public Library. 

Near Woburn Common and Soldiers' monument, and 
opposite the Boston & Maine Railroad station, is the 



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elegant library edifice of the city of VVoburn, presented to 
his fellow citizens by Jonathan Bowers Winn, costing 
over $100,000. Besides the library and reading rooms, it 
contains a picture gallery, museum, and an antique 
kitchen in the large basement. Open to the public every 
week day (except legal holidays), from 2 to 9, p. m. 

6^ Birthplace of Count Runiforrt. 

On Elm St., on the left, going north, stands a large old- 
fashioned house; on the front is the simple legend: 
" Birthplace of Count Rumford." Ellis' Memoirs, 1876, 
says: " Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, an Amer 
ican inventor, was born at Woburn, Mass., March 26, 
1753. Having secured the rudiments of education at a 
common school, he entered a merchant's office at Salem, 
at the age of thirteen, and got his living as a clerk and 
school teacher, while he studied medicine and physics. In 
1770, he was engaged as teacher of an academy at Rum- 
ford, now Concord, the capital of New Hampshire ; and 
in 1772, married a rich widow of that place, and was made 
a major of militia by the English governor. During the 
siege of Boston, Thompson was sent to England by Gen. 
Howe as bearer of dispatches; in London, he so won the 
favor of the government by his intelligence as to be a.p- 
pointed under-secretary of state in the colonial office. On 
a change of ministry, however, he returned to America, 
and fought in the royal cause ; when it failed, he entered 
the service of the king of Bavaria, by whom he was 
knighted; and in 1784, he was settled at Munich, as aid. 
de-camp and chamberlain to the reigning sovereign. He 
rapidly rose to the offices of Major-General, Councillor of 
State, Lieut.-General, Minister of War, and was created 



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Count of the Holy Roman Empire, when he chose Rum- 
ford, where his fortunes had begun, as his titular desig- 
nation. In 1795, he visited London, where his opinions 
were sought on technical subjects. He, having studied 
the phenomena of heat, set himself to devise a remedy 
for the smoky chimneys, which were one of the greatest 
nuisances at that time in England, and discovered the 
principles on which fireplaces and chimneys have been 
constructed. He finally settled in Paris and devoted 
himself to improvements in artillery, illumination and 
heating; founded a professorship in Harvard College of 
the application of science to the arts of living; married 
the widow of Lavoisier, and died at Autueil, near Paris, 
August 21, 1814, after making many important bequests 
to the Royal Society of London, the American Academy 
of Sciences, and Harvard University." Take a car from 
Woburn Common to North Woburn. Fare, five cents. 



LYNN. 



64 liynii Woods. 

Lynn has, among many other attractions, her great 
park of 1650 acres — forty times as large as Boston Com- 
mon, and second only in the country in extent to Fair- 
mount Park, Philadelphia. This resort is very interesting 
to those who enjoy lovely forest scenery, secluded dells, 
lakes and streams, and an opportunity to climb steep 
hills, with superb views of the ocean and shore. Well- 
made carriage roads extend through the forest, whose 
exposed points are protected by rustic fencing, which adds 



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beauty to the scenery. The greatest charm of this Park 
is that it is natural. The principal object is to make 
every interesting place accessible, and to improve the 
view by judicious pruning. A great work has been done 
on the " Lynn plan for the unemployed," by making use 
of the surplus labor here. All roads, paths, etc.. are 
plainly marked by signs, showing names which are in 
keeping with their location, such as Fern Dell, Glen 
Dagyr, Penny Brook Glen, Echo Cliff, etc. The prin- 
cipal eminences are Burrill Hill, Mt. Gilead and Dungeon 
Rock. The water courses include Walden and Glen 
Lewis Ponds, around which are lovely driveways leading 
from Wyoma to Saugus. Among other interesting places 
are the Wolf Pits and Hemlock Ridge. The originator 
of the Lynn Park system was the late Cyrus M. Tracy, 
by whose untiring efforts, and the aid of some of the 
wealthy citizens, coupled with the expediency of guarding 
against the contamination of Lynn's water supply, were 
enabled to secure this Park for the use of the public for 
all time. There are several approaches by street cars — 
one by Lynnhurst and Birch Pond, the green or lemon 
cars at Myrtle St., or blue cars via Wyoma. 

65 High Kock. 

From this lovely elevation is the finest view to be ob- 
tained in Essex county. Commencing from the Public 
Park, you command a range of vision, through Wyoma, 
Lakeside, Glenmere, and Swampscott with Marblehead 
in the background, to the ocean, with the stretches of 
Nahant, and Winthrop to Deer Island, and to the extreme 
right Blue Hills and Dorchester Heights. The panoramic 
view of Lynn alone is exceptionally grand, its pretty build- 



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ings, varied by towers, spires and tall chimneys, embedded 
in the luxurious foliage of our stately shade trees. Take 
Highland car at Central Sq. to cor. High Rock and Rock- 
away Sts. Fare, five cents. 

66 Coinmon and Electric Fountain. 

Lynn may be justly proud of her twenty-one acres of 
velvet lawn, surrounded and intersected by well kept 
walks, shaded on either side by lovely trees, abundant in 
variety, color and foliage ; a spacious band stand, hospita- 
ble benches, beautiful flower beds, and a pond, in the cen- 
tre of which is the electric fountain, the gift of the late 
Wm. Shute. In the daytime the fountain resembles an 
old well, but on a summer's night its beauty cannot be 
described, and must be seen to be appreciated, — showing 
all variety of colors, gold and silver showers and sprays, 
in all imaginable forms. The electrics from Boston, Chel- 
sea and Revere, to Swampscott and Marblehead, also the 
blue cars to Lynn Woods, pass on the south, and return 
on the north side of the Common. 

67 Naliant Beach. 

What City Point is to Boston people, or the Willows 
to Salem, the Beach, as it is familiarly termed, is to Lynn. 
In the hottest weather, the sea air, and the sweet strains 
of one of our bands, the hotel, dining pavilions, and 
amusements innumerable, make life worth living. It is a 
favorite resort for out-of-town picnic parties. Hotel Na- 
hant is too well known for its fish dinners to require de- 
scription, having ample accommodation for all that come. 
It is a five-cent ride from Central Sq. ; all cars giving 
five-cent rides in the city give transfers to the Beach. 



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68 liOver's Leap. 

An abrupt, rocky ledge, protruding from the pretty- 
green slope of Tapley's Hill, and overlooking Grove St. 
and Linwood Park, and from whose summit one can ob- 
tain a lovely panoramic view of Lynn and surroundings. 
Take yellow car, Myrtle, Walnut and Washington St. 
west from Central Sq. Fare, five cents. 

69 Sadler's Rock, Newliall Heights, Reservoir 

and Pumpiiig^ Station. 

At the Lynn Water Works Pumping Station on Wal- 
nut St., turn to the right, and go up Cliff to Pine Hill, or 
to the left on Greenwood Ave., crossing to Look-off Rock, 
which can be reached by a steep path from Walnut St. ; 
from Look-off Rock we cross Sadler St. leading also from 
Walnut St. to Sadler's Rock, the highest spot in Lynn. 
From here we continue to Newhall Heights. From any 
of these elevations a grand landscape and ocean view can 
be obtained. Old Boston light can be seen on any fine 
night from here. Newhall Heights was laid out by How- 
ard Mudge Newhall in 1890, and a more charming spot 
would be hard to find, combining sea air and the sweet 
smelling breezes from a grove of stately pines in front, 
and backed by the lovely forest scenery of Lynn Public 
Park. F^rom Sadler's Rock and Sadler St. we continue 
through Preston St. (named for the writer, he being the 
first buyer of land on this street), to the Reservoir. Re- 
turning via Reservoir road, to Dungeon road and Breed's 
Pond to Walnut St. Take Lynnhurst car, or Walnut and 
Washington St. line (yellow) to Myrtle St. 



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70 Floating Briclg^e. 

Of all the curiosities in and around Lynn, there is no 
one that will interest the average visitor more than this 
impenetrable mud hole, covered with water, and forming 
a lovely pond, across which is the Floating Bridge, a ver- 
itable curiosity; it being almost the only one of the kind 
in the country. It was built in 1803, and is to-day as sound 
as when built, the only repairing ever done is renewing 
the upper planking. This is not a pontoon or a partially 
suspended bridge, but every part rests on the water, so 
that its supporting power cannot weaken. It is a raft five 
hundred and eleven feet long, moored at the ends,and made 
of solid timber. The lower part is made of trunks of 
trees, covered by four thicknesses of timber, hewn one 
foot square, laid crosswise, and secured by great bolts. 
The roadway is made of planks laid crosswise, and is 
turtle-backed, being six inches higher in the centre than 
at the guard rails on either side. The bridge is five and 
one-half feet in thickness, and will sustain an immense 
weight, although it is a curious fact that no elephant can 
be induced to cross it, there being a side motion or sway 
to it, which makes some horses feel uneasy. Take belt 
line circuit car, either way, to cor. of Eastern and West- 
ern Ave. Fare, five cents. 

71 Ijakeside. 

Lakeside a new residential section, between Glenmere 
(via Maple St. and Euclid Ave.) and Wyoma, on the north- 
east side of Flax Pond. The situation is superb, and well 
merits its name " Lynn's beautiful suburb." The grove 
forming its background is an excellent spot for private 



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picnic parties. There are fine drives and walks, and the 
view from the elevations are grand. 

72 West Lynn Cemetery. 

A QUAINT old burial ground, the resting place of Moll 
Pitcher, and many of Lynn's old residents and veteran 
soldiers. 

73 Pine Grove Cemetery, JLj^nu. 

This lovely gem is among New England's handsome 
cemeteries, and second to none in artistic adornment and 
natural beauty. On entering the west gate, on Boston 
St., on the right, is an exceedingly pretty villa-style build- 
ing, containing offices, etc., whose unpretentious exterior 
is enlivened by climbing and trailing plants, as also is the 
crescent-shaped retaining wall separating the lawn from 
Main Ave. ; this lawn, extending along the whole front to 
the east gate, is tastily laid out with a pond and fountain, 
ornamented with floating and trailing aquatic plants, and 
teeming with goldfish, etc. ; also, handsome bedded de- 
signs intermingled with rare foliage plants and trees. 
Returning to the west entrance, on our left is Mount Dear- 
born ; immediately in front is Forest Rock (there is no 
better or more sightly spot in Lynn, than on the summit 
of this hill). At the base of this hill is a large triangular 
ornamented carpet bed, laid in elegant design. Continu- 
ing on Main Ave., we approach the chapel on Consecra- 
tion Hill. This chapel is handsome in design, and prettily 
situated, costing $25,000, the gift of the late Lydia Newhall 
Rhodes, as a memorial to her departed husband. The 
donors lie buried in a pretty spot nearby. The Receiving 
Vault extends from Main Ave. to Chapel Ave. Going up 



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NAHANT. 



79 Bass Point, Bailey's Hill, etc. 

The only places on the grand old peninsula open to 
visitors or the general public. Bass Point contains eight 
acres of public ground, with its natural beauties, and such 
embellishments as the comforts or amusement of mankind 
requires, so that one must indeed be difficult to suit who 
cannot find pleasure here. The Bass Point House has 
a dining room with a seating capacity of four hundred, 
and one hundred more can be accommodated in the 
smaller dining rooms; together with the grand piazza, 
band stands, dance hall, bowling alley, stables, boating 
and bathing houses, every one in search of pleasure can 
be suited. The Tri-Mountain House at Bailey's Hill, is 
pleasantly situated, and has a large dining room, being 
noted for its elegant fish dinners. Also, the well-known 
Relay House, being one of the oldest and best on the 
peninsula. Nahant proper is the summer residence of 
many of the wealthiest citizens of Boston. 

There are also many points of interest here, among the 
most noted being Irene's Grotto and Swallows' Cave, on 
the way from steamboat wharf to East Point; Pulpit 
Rock at East Point; and Castle Rock and Spouting Horn 
on the northeast shore. From here you are at the nearest 
point to Egg Rock. 

Take steamer from Constitution Wharf, Boston. Fare, 
twenty-five cents. Steamer E. W. Rice from foot of 
Market St., Lynn, or barge from Central Sq. Fare, fif- 
teen cents. 



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SALEM. 



So Peabody Academy of Science. 

(East India Marine Hall.) 

On Essex St., head of St. Peter St. George Peabody 
gave $140,000 "for. the promotion of science and useful 
knowledge in the county of Essex," naming nine eminent 
men as trustees. Of this sum, $40,000 was paid for the 
East India Marine Hall, and the valuable museum of that 
society, together with the large and valuable collection of 
the Essex Institute. It has since been enlarged and re- 
plenished, making it one of the best and most complete 
collections in the country. The Museum is open free to 
the public every week day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on 
Sundays from 2 to 5 P. M. 

81 Peabody Institute. 

On Main St., near Peabody Sq. Founded by the late 
George Peabody, on June 16, 1852, and contains a library 
of twenty-five thousand volumes, and a lecture hall, ac- 
commodating eight hundred persons. A full length oil 
painting of the town's benefactor hangs in the lecture 
room, with portraits of Rufus Choate and Edward 
Everett. In the library can be seen an oval miniature of 
Queen Victoria, presented to Mr. Peabody by Her 
Majesty. It is painted on a plate of solid gold, fourteen 
by ten inches, and bears the inscription, " Presented to 
George Peabody, Esq., the benefactor of the poor in 
London;" also two gold boxes, the Peabody Educational 
medal, and autograph letters, with other presents, aggre- 
gating more than $50,000 in value. The portrait of Queen 



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Victoria is kept in a fire and burglar-proof safe, and is 
open to view when the library room is open. It was from 
here that the remains of George Peabody were taken to 
their final resting-place in Harmony Grove Cemetery, 
Feb. 8, 1870. He died in London, England, and the 
Queen had the honored remains conveyed to his native 
land on the then finest ship in Her Majesty's service, the 
Monarch. Take Peabody car from Lynn or Salem. 

82 The Essex Institute. 

This society has for its object the promotion of history, 
science and art in Essex County. It is supported by an 
annual assessment of three dollars from each of its mem- 
bers, who now number above three hundred, the income 
from its funds, and voluntary contributions of its friends. 
Early in its history, the special attention of the Institute 
was given to the study of natural history, and the collec- 
tion of material for the formation of a large and valuable 
archaeological and ethnological museum. Upon the es- 
tablishment of the Peabody Academy of Science in 1867, 
these collections were transferred on deposit to the care 
of that institution. 

In June, 1887, the Essex Institute dedicated its new 
building on Essex Street. This building was erected by 
Tucker Daland, a well-known merchant of Salem, in 185 1, 
and afterwards became the property of his son-in-law. Dr. 
Benj. Cox, from whose heirs it was purchased by the 
Institute, the amount paid being taken from a fund be- 
queathed by the late Wm. Burley Howes, Esq. Through 
the generosity of friends of the Institute, the building was 
handsomely fitted for the uses of the society. 



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The Institute has formed a museum, illustrating the life 
of the first settlers and those that followed them, and 
visitors will find among the articles of historic interest on 
exhibition the following: Fireback from the old Picker- 
ing house, Broad St. ; English carved oak chair, time of 
Queen Elizabeth; a sofa brought from Normandy by- 
some of the French Huguenots, about 1686; the commun- 
ion table of the East Church in Salem, used in its first 
house of worship, erected in 17 18; an iron christening 
stand, used in the Topsfield church about 1700 ; the desk 
used by Nathaniel Bowditch, while engaged in his famous 
translation of La Mecaniqiie Celeste \ the desk used by 
Nathaniel Hawthorne, while surveyor of the port of Salem 
and Beverly ; the desk of William Gray, the great ship 
owner ; a pew door from First Parish Church, Hingham, 
built in 1680; a '"samp-mortar" for pounding corn, also a 
stone hand-mill, brought over from England, by Lieut. 
Francis Peabody, 1630; a spinet — an old-time musical 
instrument, somewhat resembling the piano — made by 
Blyth in Salem, and said to be one of the earliest instru- 
ments of the kind made in this country ; a piano of 1791, 
made by Broadwood in London, one of his earliest ; early 
grand piano made by Clementi ; piano made by Crehore, 
first American maker. (This was the first piano in Tops- 
field) ; a fine collection of spinning and flax wheels, tape 
looms, foot-stoves, tinder boxes, samplers, household uten- 
sils, furniture, costumes, etc.; a large collection of china, 
pottery, etc. ; Gov. Endicott's sun dial : Gov. Leverett's 
gloves; christening robes of Gov. Bradford, 1588. 

Portraits of Sir William Pepperell, captor of Louisburg 
in 1745, the first American born Baronet of England: 
John Endicott, Gov. Mass. Bay, 1628; John Leverett, Gov. 



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Mass. Bay, 1673 ; Simon Bradstreet, Gov. Mass. Bay, 
1679; Thos. Gushing, First Lieut. Gov. of Mass., 1780; 
Dr. Edw. Aug. Holyoke, born 1728, died 1829; Presidents 
Adams, Harrison and Taylor; Nathan Dane, LL.D.; 
Rev. Mannasseh Cutler, LL.D.; Judge Story; Daniel 
Webster; Rev. William Bentley, D. D., 1783-1819; Alex- 
ander Hamilton, first Sec'y of U. S. Treasury, painted by 
Trumbull; Timothy Pickering, Washington's Sec'y of 
War and State ; Timothy and Eunice Fitch, painted by 
Copley ; William Pynchon, the first settler of Springfield, 
Mass.; Oliver Cromwell. 

Among the notable oil paintings are these : " The War 
Summons," representing an incident in the "Wars of the 
Roses," presented by the artist, Geo. Leslie, P. A. ; " Trial 
of George Jacobs for Witchcraft ; " " The Last Haven," 
presented by the artist, Ross Turner ; " Pastures by the 
Sea," presented by the artist. Miss Fidelia Bridges ; " An 
Interior," old Dutch painting of great merit. 

The museum of the Institute, collection of paintings, 
historical relics, etc., are open to visitors daily (except 
Sundays and legal holidays) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Child- 
ren under twelve are not admitted unless accompanied by 
an adult. Free. 

Visitors to the Old Church can obtain admission on 
application at the Secretary's office, in the Institute Build- 
ing, and by registering their names. 

83 Pluinnier Hall. 

Plummer Hall, No. 134 Essex St., together with the 
next building. No. 132, the seat of the Essex Institute and 
the Salem Athenaeum, are the most important historical 
and educational institutions in Essex County. Plummer 



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Hall, was built by a fund of ^30,000, bequeathed by Miss 
Caroline Plummer to Salem Athenaeum. 

The Institute was formed in 1848, by a union of the 
Essex County Natural History Society and the Essex 
Historical Society. Its object is general and varied. Per- 
haps the most important is that of local historical discov- 
eries, and the preservation of everything relating to Essex 
County history, and especially of the towns in this vicinity. 
The Institute library numbers about 30,000 bound volumes 
and 100,000 pamphlets and volumes of periodicals and 
newspapers. Every book, manuscript, pamphlet, cata- 
logue, circular, etc., pertaining to local history, finds a 
welcome here. Also, directories, and state and municipal 
registers and records, not only in the county, but through- 
out the world. 

The Athenaeum contains about 17,000 volumes, and has 
a well supplied reading room. The Institute occupies 
the lower floor, and the Athenaeum the upper. The large 
natural history collection, originally belonging to the In- 
stitute, was turned over to the Peabody Academy of 
Science, in 1867. It numbered at that time 125,000 speci- 
mens. 

W. H, Prescott, the historian, was born in a house which 
stood on this spot, the house built by Nathan Read, M. C, 
who, it is said, invented a steamboat before Fulton. 

84 Salem Willows. 

This is a lovely and well ordered public resort, with seats, 
booths, pavilions and fountains, A passenger steamer 
runs from Boston, also one to Baker's Island, and pleasure 
boats are always to be had. The electric cars land people 
on the very platform of the great Pavilion, with dining- 



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halls, lunch counters, flying horses, dance hall and broad 
piazzas, all surrounded by a handsome Park ; it would be 
difficult to find a more inviting place, to breathe the sea 
air or enjoy ocean scenery, or to dine, on a warm summer 
day, than in the large hall of this building. Take electric 
car on Washington St., near Eastern Depot, Salem. 

85 Harmony Grove Cemetery. 

On entering this pretty cemetery, our eyes rest on the 
large rustic arch, covered with climbing amphelopsis, and, 
using the words of the late Peter Henderson, of New York, 
the great seedsman and florist: "it is the finest I have 
seen in all my travels, in visiting parks, cemeteries, etc." 
Turning to the left, on Grove Ave. the first thing of inter- 
est is the bust of George Washington, erected over the 
grave of Jesse Smith, one of Washington's body guards; 
on the right is John Bertram's resting place, marked by a 
$15,000 monument. Salem citizens can never forget the 
name of good old John Bertram, who, besides founding 
Salem Hospital, gave it a large bequest at his death, and 
on the death of his widow it will receive another legacy, 
by which the institution will be permanently endowed. He 
also did handsomely for the Old Ladies' Home. But his 
greatest work was in founding a Home for Aged Men, 
called the " Bertram Home," and which he has independ- 
ently endowed. Just beyond this is the resting place of 
the great and good George Peabody. Other points of 
interest are the Soldier's monument, Putnam monument, 
and on the highest land in the cemetery, is the large square 
block monument of the late W, H. Thompson ; also the 
resting place of Judge Lord, and the Crowninshields, a 
name well known in Salem. Take North Salem car at 



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Town House Sq., cor. Essex and Washington Sts., Salem, 
and get off at cor. of School and Balcolm Sts., or Peabody 
car at the Square, and get off at Grove St., near the big 
tree, and walk up latter street a short distance. 

S6 North Bridge, North St. 

On the cor. of Lynde and North Sts. stood a church, 
where Dr. Carlton's house now stands. It was here that 
young Dr. Barnard, then pastor, on Sunday morning, Feb. 
26, 1775, dismissed the congregation, that they might go 
down to North Bridge and help prevent the progress of 
Col. Leslie and three hundred British regulars, who were 
after some cannon which were stored in North Salem. 
The citizens told the Colonel he could not proceed. A 
compromise was finally effected by which he was allowed 
to return to Marblehead and embark for Boston. 

87 Roger Williams House. 

Corner Essex and North Sts. — the latter street was 
originally called in some of the old deeds " Mr. Williams' 
Lane." This house was built before 1634, and was occu- 
pied by judge Corwin at the time of Salem Witchcraft, 
and is sometimes called Old Witch House. 

S8 Hawthorne's Birthplace. 

No. 21 Union St. He was born here July 4, 1804. 

89 Custom House. 

Derby St. near Derby wharf, where Hawthorne began 
his " Scarlet Letter." The desk on which he wrote is in 
the old First Church, in rear of Plummer Hall. 



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90 Turner House. 

No. 34 Turner St., built about 1680, and a favorite haunt 
of Hawthorne. This is called "The House of the Seven 
Gables." Here Hawthorne was known to visit, and fre- 
quently took tea with the owner and occupant Miss Susan 
Ingersoll. 

91 Richard Derby House. 

Derby St., third below the Custom House. Built about 
1745, — one of the earliest brick houses in Salem. 

92 Pickering Mansion. 

Broad St., built by John Pickering in 1650, and now 
owned by one of his direct descendants; birthplace of 
Col. Timothy Pickering. Near here are the State Nor- 
mal, Old Latin and High School buildings. 

93 Pierce House. 

No. 80 Federal St., designed by Mackintire. Fine spec- 
imen of colonial architecture. 

94 Shattuck House. 

No. 315 Essex St. Built before 1660. 

95 Old Bakery. 

No. 23 Washington Street. Built about 1670, showing 
projecting second story. 

96 Narbonne House. 

No. 71 Essex St. Built about 1680, showing lean-to- 
roof. 



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97 Old First Meeting House, 1634. 

The first church in New England was organized by the 
Pilgrims, before coming over to this country. The Puri- 
tan Church here in Salem was therefore the first church 
organization formed on New England soil. The church 
was formed Aug. 6, 1629, and the frame for the edifice, 
which yet stands, was erected in 1634, on or near the pres- 
ent brick church site, cor. of Essex and Washington Sts. 
In 1639 the building was enlarged. A fac-simile of the 
contract for this enlargement can be seen at the Secre- 
tary's room of the Institute. Roger Williams was pastor 
from 163 1 to 1635, so that it must have been built during 
his ministry, if not under his direction. It now stands in 
the rear of Plummer Hall, No. 134 Essex St. Visitors 
can obtain the key of it, by registering in the office of the 
Essex Institute, 132 Essex St, Not open on Sundays or 
holidays. 

98 Gallows Hill. 

Gallows Hill, or Witch Hill as it is often called, is one 
mile from the centre of the city. Take cars for Peabody 
via Essex to Nichols St. to Hanson St. On this hill Re- 
becca Nourse, Rev. George Burroughs and seventeen 
others, were put to death, to satisfy the cruel whims of a 
few fanatics. We might here mention that the first meet- 
ing house in Danvers was built near the site of the present 
church, and on what was called Watch House Hill. Rev. 
Jas. ]]ayley was the first pastor; Rev. Geo. Burroughs, 
one of the v/itchcraft victims, was the second. The witch- 
craft delusion originated in the family of Mr. Parris, the 
fourth pastor of the church. His Indian servant Tituba 



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was the first person accused of witchcraft. The old church 
is now located at Danvers centre. 

99 Old Nourse House. 

The home of good old Rebecca Nourse, who fell a 
victim to the horrible witchcraft delusion, is at Tapleyville 
near the railroad, between Pine and Collins Sts.; it has a 
lean-to in front and long slant roof in rear. Her grave 
is in the little burying ground beyond the house, and a 
monument to her memory was erected in July, 1885. Take 
Danvers car from Peabody or Salem. Fare, from Salem, 
ten cents; from Peabody, five cents. 

100 Charter St. Cemetery. 

The oldest burial place in Salem. Governor Simon 
Bradstreet (called the Nestor of New England) was bur- 
ied here in 1697, and here lie buried Milliard Vernon, and 
Martha Corey, of witchcraft fame, Richard Derby; also, 
Warwick Palfrey, Benjamin Lynde, Simon Forester, De- 
liverance Parkman and many of the leading families in 
Salem, of an early period. 

Id Dr. Griiiishaw's House. 

Where Hawthorne's wife lived before marriage. This 
house is described in Hawthorne's story of " Dr. Grim- 
shaw's Secret"; adjoining Charter St. Cemetery. 

102 Cadet Armory. 

Next to Plummer Hall is the elegant home of the 
Salem Cadets, No. 136 Essex St., formerly the residence 
of Colonel Francis Peabody. On this spot stood the 
house of Gov. Simon Bradstreet. 



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103 City Hall. 

A PLAIN, brick building, with smooth, granite front, on 
Washington St. near Essex St. ; built in 1838. Here may 
be seen the original Indian deed of Salem. The interior 
is plain, with the exception of the aldermanic chamber, 
which is a beautiful room ; it contains a portrait of Wash- 
ington, copied by Frothingham from Stuart, and a small 
portrait of Salem's first mayor, Leverett Saltonstall. In 
the Council Chamber is a portrait of Washington, copied 
from Stuart, by his daughter ; also one of Lafayette, by 
Chas. Osgood, from the original by Morse. 

104 Court Houses, Federal St. 

These buildings, two in number, the older one built in 
1841, contains the county offices and the Probate Court 
room ; the other, built in 1861, is where the sessions of the 
Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts are held. Here 
are recorded the numerous papers connected with the 
witchcraft trials, including the original warrants on which 
the unfortunate victims were arrested, tried and executed, 
and the pins with which the witches are said to have tor- 
mented their victims. The new Court Room contains the 
celebrated portrait of Chief Justice Shaw, by Hunt; a 
smaller portrait, by Vinton, of the late Justice Otis P. 
Lord, of Salem, and a still smaller one of Judge Putnam. 



MARBLEHEAD. 



105 Fort Sewell. 

This ancient fortress is the terminus of the street rail- 
way from Boston and Lynn, and from whose historic ram- 



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parts, a magnificent marine landscape is presented. Mar- 
blehead harbor and bay is a favorite yachting place. 

io6 Marblehead Neck. 

Taking the ferry from Front St. or walk from Dever- 
eaux St. From the bluff on the ocean side, or from Bass 
Point^Nahant, across the open water you look over the 
spot where the conflict between the Shannon and Chesa- 
peake took place in the war of 1812. Here on the neck 
was stationed the British Regulars, who made the unsuc- 
cessful attempt to capture cannon in North Salem, in 1775. 



ALONG THE SHORE.— LYNN TO BOSTON 



107 Point of Pines. 

A favorite picnic and pleasure resort. (Its plans in- 
definite at date of this publication.) 

108 Oak Island. 

Excellent picnic and pleasure resort. All the usual 
beach attractions; lovely shady groves, easily reached, 
excellent railway facilities. Take L. & B, R. R. electrics, 
Boston and Revere Beach Railroad, or Boston and Maine. 

109 Crescent Beacli. 

This favorite summer evening resort for Boston people, 
is a delightful resting place. All kinds of amusements, 
bathing and boat houses, lunch and dining rooms, cottages 
and boarding houses innumerable ; principal among them 
is the Hotel Strathmore. Electrics from Boston, Scollay 
Sq. Fare, five cents. 



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no Point Shirley, Ocean Spray and Win- 
throp Highlands. 

Beautiful ocean scenery, elegant residences, superb 
beaches. Take Shore R. R. from Orient Heights, making 
a circmt. Fare, ten cents. 



MAGNOLIA. 



Ill Magnolia Beach. 

Magnolia, as a summer resort, comprises the settle- 
ment that used to be termed Magnolia Point, in Glouces- 
ter. The Rockport branch B. & M. R. R. has a flag 
station at Magnolia. On ^e main road to Gloucester, on 
a high knoll is the Crescent Beach House ; the beautiful 
Crescent Beach just in the rear. Magnolia has every 
variety of attractions. On one side is as good a bathing 
beach as the coast affords, and a cove for anchoring yachts. 
On the other side " a stern and rock-bound coast," backed 
by a dense forest. In front is Massachusetts Bay, with 
its fishing grounds and islands. The forest is threaded 
by foot paths, which lead to pleasant groves, or to the bluff 
shore ; while a good carriage road extends towards Glou- 
cester. Berries and wild flowers greet us on every hand, 
and back in the neighboring swamp grows the fragrant 
magnolia — hence the name. The Flume, about a half 
mile from the hotels, is a channel in the cliff, one hundred 
and fifty feet in length, fifty feet in depth and six feet wide, 
with perpendicular sides. 

Rafe's Chasm, a little way beyond, is another attractive 
natural curiosity, it is a channel cut into the solid rock, 



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nearly sixty feet in depth, two hundred feet in length, and 
ten feet in width. During a storm the water rushes into 
this channel with tremendous force, striking against its 
sides with the sound of thunder. 

The reef of Norman's Woe is an island rock a short 
distance from the high cliffs of the mainland. It was here, 
tradition says, that the schooner Hesperus was wrecked 
in the latter part of the seventeenth century. The probate 
records of Essex County show that a Richard Norman, 
about 1680, sailed on a voyage, from which he never re- 
turned ; and if tradition is founded on fact, the tragic 
termination of his voyage was probably on this reef. 
Longfellow wrote : 

" It was the schooner Kesperiis, 
That sailed the wintry* sea; 
And the skipper had taken his little daughter, 
To bear him company. 

* * * # 

" She struck where the white and fleecy waves 
Looked soft as carded wool, 
But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, 
Like the horns of an angry bull. 
* * * * * 

" Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, 
In the midnight and the snow ! 
Christ save us all from a death like this, 
On the reef of Nofman's Woe." 

There are many tasteful cottages on the Point, occupied 
by summer residents, who find here the seldom-combined 
enjoyments of cool sea breezes, whiffs from the pine 
woods, deep sea fishing, shady avenues. Here are beau- 
tiful drives, and good opportunity for bicycling, safe boat- 
ing, and last but not least, one of the best and safest sand 
beaches on the North Shore. Facing the ocean is the 



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Hesperus Hous§, and the views of Massachusetts Bay, 
from its piazzas, are grand beyond description. The Mag- 
nolia is the largest hotel, and occupies a commanding 
position. Take Boston & Maine R. R. from Beverly — 
fare, twenty-two cents ; Salem, twenty-seven cents; Lynn, 
forty-two cents ; Boston, sixty-two cents. 



MANCHESTER. 



T12 Mancliester-by-the-Sea. 

MANCHESTER-by-the-Sea is the oldest of the numerous 
North Shore summ*er resorts, and is most popular. Its 
four miles of coast is a pleasing combination of bold 
headlands, pretty beaches and quiet coves. During a 
storm one may behold gigantic seas dashing against pro- 
jecting bluffs with sufficient force to make the granite 
walls tremble, while boats ride quietly at anchor in the 
coves ; the air is tonic, and a spirit of freshness and vigor 
pervades everyone who inhabits its shores. The town of 
Manchester was once part of ancient Salem or Naumkeag, 
from which it was detached on May 14, 1645. The early 
name was Jeffrey's Creek, after the first settler, Wm. Jef- 
frey. Take Boston & Maine R. R. from Beverly, fifteen 
cents; Salem, twenty cents ; Lynn, thirty-five cents; Bos- 
ton, fifty-five cents. 

CAPE ANN. 



113 Gloucester. 

The town of Gloucester originally included the entire 
portion of the headland on the northerly side of Massa- 



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chusetts Bay, known as Cape Ann, and .also a portion of 
nearly equal extent running back on the cape to Manches- 
ter. 

The present city is divided into six distinct villages : 
East Gloucester, Annisquam, on the north side of the 
cape, Bay View, Lanesville, West Gloucester, and Glou- 
cester Village or city proper, which borders on the harbor, 
and is thirty-one miles from Boston by the Boston & 
Maine. Gloucester was settled about 1633, and a city 
charter was granted April 28, 1873. It is the birthplace 
of Universalism as a religious denomination. 

The East Gloucester section of the town is sub-divided 
into East Gloucester village, Bass Rocks and Eastern 
Point. Bass Rocks and Good Harbor beach are the sum- 
mer resorts. From the hill we obtain an extended view 
of the surrounding country. Below us lie the city, and 
the harbor with its shipping, with many fishing vessels 
going in and coming out. Back of this picture, across 
the harbor and town, are the granite hills and dense woods, 
broken here and there by a green field. If the day be 
clear, we see the Cape Ann shore toward Salem, then Salem 
harbor, the bay. Halfway Rock, Baker's Island, Marble- 
head with the tower of Abbot Hall, old Boston Light, and 
the South Shore. On the ocean side is the broad Atlantic. 
To the left lie Salt Island, Milk Island and Thatcher's 
Island. Edgar I. Sherman, Esq., of Lawrence, has a fine 
residence here. It occupies the extreme point of the 
overhanging ledge of Bass Rock itself. From his piazza 
a pebble can be dropped into the sea, seventy feet below. 
The waves beat against this rock at all times, and during 
a storm the scene is one of unsurpassed grandeur. 

Some excellent drives radiate from Gloucester. We 



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may ride to Magnolia, and through to Salem, or in the op- 
posite direction to Eastern Point; or we may drive to 
Rockport Village and Pigeon Cove on the one side, and 
Annisquam, Bay View, and Lanesville on the other, or go 
around the Cape, a distance of about ten miles. Gen. 
Butler built a summer residence at Bay View, and used to 
pass much of his time here, it is the second on the left as 
you enter the village. The Cape Ann Granite Works are 
worth visiting. Take Boston & Maine R.R. from Beverly, 
thirty-three cents; Salem, thirty-eight cents: Lynn, fifty- 
three cents ; Boston, seventy-three cents. 

1 1 4 Rockport. 

The town of Rockport is at the extreme end of Cape 
Ann. The station is the terminus of the Rockport branch 
of the Boston & Maine Railroad, and is thirty-six miles 
from Boston. If we walk or drive down through the vil- 
lage, and out Mt. Pleasant St., we shall get a near view 
of the lighthouse on Straitsmouth Island, at the entrance 
to the harbor, and also of the famous Thatcher Island 
lighthouse, those familiar beacons, like sturdy sentinels 
standing guard for the whole cape. The lamps were 
lighted for the first time on Dec. 21, 1771. 

The present structures were erected about twenty years 
ago. Henry C. Leonard, in his little work on Pigeon Cove, 
says, " The sea birds attracted by the splendor of these 
quenchless flames, fly with such force against the plates 
of glass which protect the flames from the wind and storm, 
that they fall dead upon the rocks around the towers." 

Rockport is known as the landing place of one of the 
McKay-Bennett Atlantic telegraph cables, which was land- 
ed in the vicinity of Straitsmouth Island on May 22, 1884. 



110 STRANGERS DIRECTORY. 

Nature has bestowed upon Rockport a rich mine in the 
great granite ledges. Granite was first cut from these 
hills in 17 10, to construct mooring stones for the fishermen; 
but not until the nineteenth century for building purposes. 
The principal summer settlements in Rockport is at Pigeon 
Cove and Ocean View Point. As nature has neglected to 
provide harbors for vessels, the granite companies have 
constructed some with the products of their quarries. 
Take Boston & Maine R. R. from Beverly, forty-three 
cents ; from Salem, forty-eight cents ; Lynn, sixty-three 
cents ; Boston, eighty-three cents. 



HAMILTON. 



115 Asbury Grrove. 

A VERY popular place in summer, and intersected by 
many interesting driveways. It contains many summer 
cottages, and is well known as the camping ground of the 
Methodists, and also noted as the home of Miss Abigail 
Dodge (Gail Hamilton) and the Myopia Club. Reached 
by cars from Salem, Beverly and Wenham, and Boston 
& Maine R. R. to Wenham. 



WAKEFIELD. 



116 Wakefield Park. 

Entering the town of Wakefield from Stoneham, on 
our right we see the placid water of Crystal Lake, taking 



STRANGERS DIRECTORY. HI 

the form of a crook necked squash, with two wooded 
islands in the larger part extending towards the Town 
Hall and Main St. ; on the left, looking towards Reading, 
and on the borders of Lake Quinnapowitt, is the resting 
and recuperating spot known as Wakefield Park; a very- 
pleasant summer resort. Lake Quinnapowitt is a lovely- 
sheet of water about a mile long. Crystal Lake is the 
source of water supply for the towns of Wakefield and 
Melrose. 



NASTASKET. 



117 Nantasket Beach. 

Hull, Hingham, Pemberton and Downers' Landing 
are well ordered and pretty summer beach resorts, provided 
with extensive hotels and well equipped with everything 
requisite for comfort and amusement. Melville Garden 
at Downer's Landing, and Hotel Nantasket, brass bands, 
dance halls, etc., are among the attractions. Reached 
from Boston by steamers from Rowe's Wharf, Atlantic 
Ave., or N. Y. N. H. and Hartford R. R. from O. C. R. R. 
Kneeland St. Fare, twenty-five cents. 



PLYMOUTH. 



118 Plymouth Rock. 

The landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers, marked by 
a handsome monument. A lovely sea trip. Round trip, 
seventy-five cents. Reached by steamer from Sargent's 
Wharf, opposite Clark St. Take any East Boston or 
Chelsea ferry car. 



Copyright, iSg4, by 
T. W. PRESTON, LvNN, Mass. 



INDEX — STRANGERS' DIRECTORY. 



Boston. page 

Old South Church 67 

Bostonian Society's Rooms 67 

Washington Statue 67 

State House 67 

PubUc Library 68 

Museum of Natural History and Geology 68 

Museum of Fine Arts 68 

Genealogical Rooms 68 

Boston Young Women's Christian Association Rooms .... 68 

Boston Y. M. C. Association Building 68 

Boston Y. M. Christian Union Rooms 69 

Tremont Temple 69 

Women's Education and Instruction Rooms 69 

"The Youth's Companion" Building 69 

Perkins Institution for the Blind 69 

Public Gardens T'O 

Old State House 70 

Faneuil Hall 72 

Back Bay Park, near West Chester Park 73 

Charles River Park 73 

Ouincy Market 74 

Marine Park, City Point 74 

T Wharf 74 

Soldiers' Monument 74 

Commonwealth Avenue 74 

Hotel Vendome 75 

Trinity Church = 75 

New Armory 75 

City Hall 75 

Parker House 75 

Mechanics' Charitable Association 75 

Berkeley Temple 75 

Masonic Temple 75 

Ames Building 76 

Suffolk County Court House 76 

Union Station 76 

King's Chapel 76 

Park Square '6 

Blackstone Square . . . ., 76 

Franklin Square 76 

Chester Square 76 



114 INDEX. 



NO. Cambridge. page 

42 Mount Auburn Cemetery 77 

43 Agassiz Museum 77 

44 Harvard Botanical Gardens 77 

45 Harvard University Grounds 78 

4G Peabody Museum 78 

ROXBURY. 

47 Forest Hills Cemetery and Massachusetts Crematory 78 

48 Mt. Hope Cemetery 79 

40 Arnold Arboretum and Museum 79 

50 Franklin Park 79 

Charlestown. 

51 Mass. State Prison 79 

52 City Square 79 

53 Bunker Hill Monument . 80 

Jamaica Plain. 

54 Kindergarten for the Blind 80 

Medford. 

55 Tufts College, Museum, College Hill 80 

Malden. 

56 Pine Banks Park 80 

South Natick. 

57 Hunnewell's • 81 

Newton. 

58 Echo Bridge Park 81 

Waltham. 

59 Prospect Hill Park 82 

Saugus. 

60 Franklin Trotting Park 82 

61 Lily Pond Grove 82 

WOBURN. 

62 Public Library 82 

63 Birthplace of Count Rumford 83 

Lynn. 

64 Lynn Woods • 84 

65 High Rock 85 

66 Common and Electric Fountain 86 

67 Nahant Beach 86 

68 Lover's Leap 87 

69 Sadler's Rock, Newhall Heights, Reservoir and Pumping 

Station 87 



INDEX. 115 



NO. PAGE 

70 Floating- Bridge 88 

71 Lalieside 88 

72 West Lynn Cemetery 89 

73 Pine Grove Cemetery 89 

74 Lynnhurst and Birch Pond 90 

75 Pine Hill 90 

76 Red Rock and King's Beaches 90 

77 Dungeon Rock 91 

78 Young Men's Christian Association 91 

Nahant. 

79 Bass Point, Bailey's Hill, etc 92 

Salem. 

80 Peabody Academy of Science 93 

81 Peabody Institute 93 

82 The Essex Institute 94 

83 Plummer Hall 96 

84 Salem Willows -- 97 

85 Harmony Grove Cemetery 98 

86 North Bridge, North St 99 

87 Roger Williams House 99 

88 Hawthorne's Birthplace 99 

89 Custom House 99 

90 Turner House 100 

91 Richard Derby House 100 

92 Pickering Mansion 100 

93 Pierce House 100 

94 Shattuck House 100 

95 Old Bakery 100 

96 Narbonne House 100 

97 Old First Meeting House. 1634 101 

98 Gallows Hill 101 

99 Old Nourse House 102 

100 Charter St. Cemetery 102 

101 Dr. Grimshaw's House 102 

102 Cadet Armory 102 

103 City Hall 103 

104 Court Houses, Federal St 103 

Marblehead. 

105 Fort Sewell 103 

106 Marblehead Neck 104 

Along the Shore. — Lynn to Boston. 

J07 Point of Pines 104 

108 Oak Island 104 

109 Crescent Beach 104 

110 Point Shirley, Ocean Spray and Winthrop Highlands . . . 105 

Magnolia. 

111 Magnolia Beach 105 



Il6 INDEX. 

NO Manchester. page 

112 Manchester-by-the-Sea 107 

Cape Ann. 

113 Gloucester 101; 

114 Rockport lO-'J 

Hamilton. ,{,; 

115 Asbury Grove IHI 



Wakefield. |i 

116 Wakefield Park 11, t 

Nantasket. 1) 

117 Nantasket Beach ' ll| 

Plymouth. | 

118 Plymouth Rock It?! 

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